State v. Parrish

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This is an appeal on a question reserved by the state in a prosecution for arson.

The defendant was charged in an information with three counts:(1) First degree arson as defined by K. S. A. 21-581;(2) Burning of insured property as defined by K. S. A. 21-584, and(3) Accessory after the fact, as defined by K. S. A. 21-106.

On the question reserved by the state we are only interested in Count 1 of the information which charged:

“on or about the 8th day of October, 1967, in said County of Barton and State of Kansas, one C. C. (Monte) Parrish,…