SIMS, Justice.
Appellant, James Merida, was convicted of burning a two-room dwelling house in December 1950, belonging to his wife's sister, Cleo Merida, and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of two years. In seeking to reverse the judgment he insists: (a) incompetent evidence was admitted over his objections; (b) the instructions did not give his theory of the case.
The proof shows appellant had not been getting along...
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