W. D. Stroud v. State

Appellant was indicted in the Northern District of Logan County, and, on change of venue to the Ozark District of Franklin County, was convicted upon the charge of accessory before the fact to the crime of arson, and, as a punishment therefor,was adjudged to serve a term of two years in the State Penitentiary, from which is this appeal.

The indictment charged, in substance, that one T. B. Wackerly, at the instance of appellant, procured Floyd McCuen and John Carney to burn a certain storehouse at Ratcliff belonging to R. A. Harkins & Company. In other words, the indictment charged that said…