Moore v. State

SIMPSON, Judge.

The State relied upon the testimony of the accomplice, Russell, in the main, to support the verdict of guilt. Therefore, for the conviction to stand, such testimony must have been corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense. Code 1940, Title 15, § 307.

The defendant was charged with the larceny of cotton seed. That the seed had been stolen from the warehouse in Decatur, Alabama, was not substantially controverted. It was established by the testimony of the .accomplice that during the fall and winter of 1940 the seed was stolen from the…