State v. True

REES, Justice.

'Defendant was charged with arson in violation of section 707.2 Code, 1966, by county attorney’s information, was tried, convicted, sentenced, and now appeals. The appeal is taken from the rulings adverse to the defendant upon his motions for directed verdict. We affirm.

During the early morning hours of March 19, 1970, the defendant, riding in an automobile then owned and operated by one Roger Herman and accompanied by David William Coburn and Terry Klein, went to the Nicholas Turkey Farm in Cerro Gordo County for the purpose of stealing gasoline for Herman’s car. They found the…