State v. David

PONDER, Justice.

The defendant, Joseph R. David, was charged in an indictment with the crime of carnal knowledge of an unmarried female, over the age of twelve years and under the age of seventeen years, with her consent, he being over the age of seventeen years. On trial he was convicted and sentenced to serve eighteen months in the penitentiary. He has appealed.

Counsel for the defendant is urging on this appeal that the trial court erred in its refusal to grant a special charge defining an accomplice and instructing the jury the weight to be given the uncorroborated testimony of an…