Legal Opinion

Arnold v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 20, 1914No. 3042PublishedCited by 15 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of' accomplice to arson and assessed the lowest punishment authorized by law.

After the formal part of the indictment, it avers that on or about September 19, 1910, T. E. Allen did “unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously set fire to and burn a certain house of one D. S. Arnold . . . said house being then and there insured against loss and damage by fire”; and “that D. S. Arnold, in said county and State aforesaid, and before the commission of said offense of arson, by the said T. E. Allen as aforesaid, towit; on or about the 1st day of…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. United States v. AmedySupreme Court of the United States · 1826
  2. Cowan v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1887
  3. People v. JonesMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  4. People v. SchwartzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
  5. People v. HughesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Tinker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  2. Himmelfarb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Tindall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943

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