Hathcoat v. State

Defendant Efton Hathcoat, J. B. Jackson, and Clyde Rush, Jr., were jointly charged in the dis trict court of Mayes county with the crime of larceny of domestic fowls. The defendant Efton Hathcoat asked for a severance and was tried, convicted, and his punishment assessed at one year in the penitentiary; and he has appealed.

The assignments of error are all directed to the proposition that the evidence introduced by the state is not sufficient to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice, Clyde Rush, Jr., who testified against the defeñdant.

In considering this question, a brief review of the…