Burck v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is accomplice to arson; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The evidence is deemed sufficient to support the finding of the jury that appellant hired Floyd Lowe and Percy Isaac to burn the house of Dr. J. N. Pyle.

Floyd Lowe, one of the principals, testified for the State. Isaac was not used as a witness but his confession was introduced by the State. In said confession Isaac stated that Floyd Lowe employed him to aid in burning the house. In his charge to the jury the court limited the confession to the purpose of showing the guilt of…