Worley v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Adair county of the crime of arson and sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary.

On the 2d day of December, 1926, the defendant was called for trial in this case, and he thereupon entered a plea of former jeopardy, which plea was denied by the court and exceptions taken.

The facts as they appear in the record are that an information was filed against the defendant in the district court of Adair county, charging that the defendant did on or about the 7th day of December unlawfully,…