State v. Brown

The appellant, James Brown, was convicted of the crime of attempt to commit arson. A new trial was denied by the district court and this appeal is from the judgment of conviction and order denying a motion for a new trial.

The necessary facts to a decision of this case will be discussed in the opinion.

Appellant assigns numerous errors, which will be considered in their order. Appellant’s first assignment is that the court erred in not giving his requested instruction number 1, as follows:

“You are instructed that the corroboration which the statute demands in this case, independent of the…