Creed v. State

The appellant, Jack Creed, and his oodefendants Bill and B. M. (Beriah) Boyd were jointly indicted and tried in the circuit court of Kemper county for the grand larceny of four hogs, shown to be of the value of $50, and alleged to be the property of C. C. Conathan. The codefendants were acquitted by the jury, but appellant was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of eighteen months in the state penitentiary.

The conviction of the appellant was obtained upon the uncorroborated testimony of an alleged self-confessed accomplice. The only proof that four hogs belonging to Conathan were in fact…