Pinckard v. State

In this case appellant was indicted, charged with the offense of arson. Upon a trial he was convicted in the district court of Polk county, Tex., and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. It appears from the record in this case that Tom Pinckard turned what is termed “state’s evidence,” and testified, in effect, that he and defendant burned the house in question. The wife of Tom Pinckard was used as a witness by the state, and the defendant complains, first, that the court refused to give a special charge requested instructing them that Mrs. Pinckard was an…