Dawson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles F. Clint. Apppeal from a conviction for arson; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The following concise statement, taken from the brief of appellant, is substantially correct: The ginhouse was the property of Bledsoe, as charged, but was operated by and in the possession of Clark & Saucer, who fraudulently burned the same, employing and using one Thomas to fire the house.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Charles F. Clint. Apppeal from a conviction for arson; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The following concise statement, taken from the brief of appellant, is substantially correct: The ginhouse was the property of Bledsoe, as charged, but was operated by and in the possession of Clark & Saucer, who fraudulently burned the same, employing and using one Thomas to fire the house. The defendant was a cotton buyer for White & Co.; the seed cotton bought by him was ginned by Clark & Saucer. The custom…
1Opinion of the Court
HEKDERSObT, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of arson, and his punishment assessed at a term of five years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.
The indictment in this case contains six counts. The court in its charge eliminated all except the third count, and the jury convicted appellant under the third count. Said count charges that appellant "did on the 17th day of October, 1895, unlawfully and willfully set fire to and burn a house there situate,” etc. This was a count against appellant as a principal. Other counts treat him as an accomplice. Appellant insists that the evidence in this ease…
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