White v. State

Anderson White was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Warren County, Honorable John E. Ellis, presiding, on a charge of arson, viz, setting fire to, and burning, his automobile for the purpose of defrauding the insurer. White was sentenced to serve eighteen (18) months in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and he has appealed to this Court.

Appellant testified that on Christmas Day, 1980, he was en route to the home of a young lady who lived in the vicinity of Vicksburg. He was driving his automobile and, when approximately one-half (1/2) mile from the…