Brown v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of arson, his punishment being assessed at five years in the penitentiary.

The State proved by some witnesses, among them J. H. Brown, that the appellant carried some household goods from his residence in the town of Texarkana to J. H. Brown’s residence in the country—two and a half or three miles distant. Appellant met this testimony by numerous witnesses to the effect that he did not have the property hauled from his house, but' that it was hauled without his knowledge or consent and that it was hauled by J. H. Brown. It is unnecessary to…