Moore v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The indictment charges appellant with arson in that he set fire to and burned a house belonging to B. .0. Pharr, in the city of Texarkana, near other houses, and being insured, and so located that the firing and burning of the same endangered the lives and properties of others.

The case was tried upon the theory entirely that the house was burned for the purpose of obtaining the insurance on it. The evidence shows that the house belonged to B. C. Pharr, and appellant was his employee at his wood yard, which was some distance from the burned residence. The theory of…