Black v. Commonwealth

OpmioN op the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

The appellant, together with Matt Cobb, Larkin Cobb, and Charlie Cook, was indicted for the offense of hog stealing. On their trial, Cook and the two Cobbs pleaded guilty. Appellant pleaded not guilty. The evidence having been heard, the jury found the appellant guilty and sentenced him to serve two years in the penitentiary, at the same time sentencing his three companions to one year.

The sole ground urged for reversal is that appellant’s conviction rests solely on the testimony of Cook and the two Cobbs, admittedly accomplices, and that, as…