Watkins v. State

BRETT, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Eli Watkins, defendant below, was charged by information in the District Court of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, with the crime of arson in the second degree. He was tried to a jury, convicted as charged, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of one year. Judgment and sentence were entered accordingly, from which this appeal by transcript is taken.

In his petition in error defendant alleges the information is void for uncertainty, error of the court in giving instructions four and eight and error of the court in refusing…