Peters v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of five years.

The record before us shows that on the night of September 10, 1938, the home of Joe Baccus was destroyed by fire. Baccus was a brother of the deceased, Mrs. Marcus Pierce. The house which was burned was located about a half mile from the home of the deceased and about an equal distance from appellant’s home. When the deceased and her husband saw the fire, they drove over. From there they went to the home of appellant where they made some inquiry as to whether anyone…