Jordan v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of being an accomplice in the crime of arson, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The indictment charged, in substance, that L. E. Sanders unlawfully and willfully set fire to and burned his own house, which was situated in the city of Colorado, Mitchell county, Texas; that, prior to the commission of the offense, appellant unlawfully and willfully promised Sanders $150 in money in order to procure the commission of the offense; that appellant .was not present at the time Sanders burned the house.

Sanders testified,…