Fruger v. State

Appeal from the District Court of Liberty. Tried below before the Hon. L. B. Hightower. Appeal from a conviction of theft of property over the value of $50; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. In applying the law on accomplice testimony, the court charged: “Now the court charges you that Buck Marcantle according to his own testimony was an accomplice, and will be so considered by the jury, and you are instructed that you cannot find the defendant guilty upon his testimony unless you are satisfied that the same has been corroborated by other evidence tending to establish that…