Cole v. State

Conviction is for arson; punishment, ten years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

The charge against appellant was that he burned a barn belonging to J. V. Gilmore. We gather from the statement of facts that appellant had worked as a farm hand for Mr. Gilmore, and had become incensed because Gilmore had caused appellant to be arrested for fighting or disturbing the peace on the farm. Several months after appellant left the place, Gilmore’s barn was burned. The theory of the state was that appellant had burned it because of his animosity towards the owner.

The first bill of exception brings…