Ward v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of arson in the second degree. His punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for an indeterminate term of from three to four years. Code 1928, § 3290. It was alleged in the count of the indictment which was submitted to the jury, properly, under the Code section cited, that he “with intent to defraud, set fire to or burned, or caused to be burned, or aided 'or procured the burning of [a storehouse, not within the curtilage of a dwelling house] belonging to himself.”

We see no need for extended comment. But we have endeavored to…