Smith v. State
Smith v. State
Opinion of the Court
This conviction is for theft of a hog, with penalty fixed at a fine of one dollar and one day’s imprisonment.
On the trial the State introduced one William Clements as a witness, by whom a very clear case of theft was shown against the appellant, but this witness is not corroborated in such manner as is required by law. The facts sworn to by the other witnesses do not tend to connect appellant with the theft of
The accomplice, Clements, not being corroborated, the verdict is not supported by the testimony, and therefore the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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