WHATLEY v. STATE

6 Div. 653.

75 So.2d 182 (1954)

Elsie Odell WHATLEY v. STATE.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kingman C. Shelburne and J. J. Cockrell, Birmingham, for appellant.

Si Garrett, Atty. Gen., and Robt. Straub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


PRICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of arson in the first degree and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three years.

Defendant's sole argument in brief is the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

The testimony shows fire was discovered in the house occupied by defendant and his wife about 3:15 or 3:30 on Saturday morning, September 20, 1952. A few minutes earlier...

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