Thompson v. State

The four plaintiffs in error appeal from a conviction of arson, in the burning of a frame dwelling house and contents, located at 1725 Third Avenue North, Nashville. The fire occurred at 1:30 a. m. June 6, 1934. Thompson, Will Allen Oakley, and Madison Scott were sentenced for ten years and Owen Nannie for one year.

The first question presented under the assignments challenging the judgment on the facts goes to the proof of the corpus delicti. Oakley, one of the defendants, testified definitely and circumstantially that the fire was of incendiary origin, incriminating himself and, as his…