Shaw v. State

Tire appellants were charged and convicted as accessories before the fact to the crime of arson. Punishment was fixed at one year in the state penitentiary.

On appeal, appellants contend that the evidence showed no substantial corroboration of the testimony of the accomplice.

One, John Dorris, was arrested charged with having-set fire to and the burning of a certain house. He admitted his guilt and testified that he had been hired to burn the house by the appellant, Gid Shaw; that he procured one, Clyde Holford, to assist him. Holford testified that he assisted in the burning of the house and…