Park v. State

The appellant, Pruitt Lee Park, was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of arson in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Mississippi, and sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.

The evidence of the State shows that the appellant first contacted one Calvin McDonald and offered him $400 to burn the Martin Manufacturing Company building, but McDonald refused. Three days later, McDonald told one Boyce Nanney about the offer to burn the plant; Nanney wanted to do the job because he needed the money and wanted to meet' the appellant. McDonald…