State v. Shaw

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

The appellant was convicted of arson in the third degree, on March 20, 1908; in the district court of Trego county, and has brought the case here on appeal. There are several assignments of error, but they may all be considered as one.

The appellant relies upon the proposition that the crime of arson is not established by the evidence, but, on the contrary, claims that a state of ijacts is shown from which it appears that such offense could not have been committed by him. The evidence shows that the appellant and Cora J. Shaw, the alleged…