Opinion
No. 18396.
Delivered June 3, 1936. State's Rehearing Denied (Without Written Opinion) June 17 1936.
Arson.
Reversed and remanded for same reasons stated in companion case of Barnes v. State, reported on page 547 of this volume.
Appeal from the District Court of Stephens County. Tried below before the Hon. C. O. Hamlin, Judge.
Appeal from conviction for arson; penalty, confinement in penitentiary for four years.
Reversed and remanded.
The opinion states the case.
Roy A. Scott, of Fort Worth, for appellant.
Ben J. Dean, District Attorney, of Breckenridge, and Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
The offense is arson; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for four years.
Cleve Barnes v. State, Opinion No. 18,323, this day delivered (page 547 of this volume), is a companion case. The errors requiring a reversal of the judgment in Barnes' case also appear in the present record.
The judgment is reserved and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.