Boroquez v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant, who a few months prior had been honorably discharged from the army, occupied, with his mother, Josefa Alpuente, one room of a five-room house. The remainder of the house was occupied by two other parties and their families.

Appellant stands here convicted of the wilful burning of the house of Josefa Alpuente, with punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

The sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is challenged.

Shortly after midnight, appellant came home drunk. He awakened his mother and began teasing her and, as she testified, acting…