State of Arizona v. White

This is an appeal by the State of Arizona from an order of the superior court of Cochise county granting Arnold White, hereinafter called defendant, a new trial. The facts necessary for a disposition of the appeal may be stated as follows:

Defendant was tried by a jury in the superior court of Cochise county, and convicted of presenting false and fraudulent claims to the State of Arizona. After conviction, defendant filed a motion for new trial, setting forth as grounds thereof, among other things:

“ (2) that there was not sufficient corroboration of the testimony of Francis H. Harrison, an…