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SPLAWN v. STATE

No. 27699.

283 S.W.2d 66 (1955)

George SPLAWN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur O'Connor, Belton, Jerome M. Smith, Wm. Yelderman, Austin, for appellant.

Raymond Thornton, Dist. Atty., Belton, Leon b. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

Arson is the offense; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment alleged that appellant wilfully burned a house, of which he was the owner, there being within said house property belonging to one Theodore W. Andrews.

The burned house was a tenant house in the East part of Belton. It was located on a 6 acre tract of land some 200 yards southwest of the house occupied by appellant...

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