Moss v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of arson, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

The facts, briefly stated, are substantially as follows: On the night of December 31, 1932, the appellant and his wife left their home in Athens intending to go to Dallas. Within a very short time after they had left Athens, fire was discovered in the appellant’s home. The local fire department rushed to the scene of the fire and started to enter the building but found the doors locked and the windows fastened down. They…