Rogers v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The offense is arson; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

Trial was had in Dawson County on a change of venue from Mitchell County. A former conviction for said offense was reversed by this court in Rogers v. State, 158 Texas Cr. Rep. 8, 252 S.W. 2d 465, because of jury misconduct.

The state’s evidence shows that appellant came from the state of Mississippi, purchased the Gosnell Hotel located in Colorado City, Texas, on November 30, 1949, the deed reciting ten dollars cash and the execution of two vendor’s lien notes in the total sum of $70,000 as consideration. At…