Hicks v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of burglary, and sentenced to confinement in the State prison for a term of three years. The error here assigned is that the evidence preponderates against the verdict, and in favor of the innocence of the plaintiff in error. The precise contention is that Charles Dulaney, the witness for the State, who connects plaintiff in error with the commission of the crime, was an accomplice, and that a conviction cannot be sustained upon his uncorroborated testimony.

The burglary is proven by the prosecutor, A. N. Sellers, who testified that his…