Cromwell v. State

McCORD, Judge.

The appellant was indicted and convicted in the court below of the offense of wilfully and maliciously attempting to set fire to and burn a certain house belonging to one Hamp Jones. His trial resulted in a conviction with a penalty of four years. When the case was called for trial' the appellant made an application for ,a continuance for the want of the testimony of one Henry Cook, whose residence was alleged to be in Freestone County, and by whom the defendant expected to prove that he was present on the night the house was discovered to be on fire and assisted the defendant…