Baggett v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This is a conviction for hog theft, the punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. The main State’s witness, O. D. Cowan, was a principal in the alleged theft. He, therefore, was an accomplice when used as a witness for the State, and a proper charge was required, instructing the jury in regard to this phase of the law. The court gave the following charge in that connection: “Now, you are instructed that you can not find the defendant guilty upon O. D. Cowan’s testimony unless you first believe that the testimony of the said O. D. Cowan…