Jenkins v. Commonwealth

HILL, Judge.

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment convicting appellant of arson and fixing his penalty at seven years in the state reformatory.

After relating the facts, we shall discuss the questions raised in appellant’s brief in the order presented therein.

On February 17,1965, at 11:05 p. m., Mrs. Elizabeth Williams and Carl Wilson were in the home of the former when smoke was detected and a fire discovered. A hole had been drilled into the side of the house and gasoline and kerosene poured through the hole and on leaves near the edge of the building. Then it was ignited. The fire was…