Barrara v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Nueces. Tried below before the Hon. T. 0. Barden. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGould, J.
At the October term, 1874, of the District Court of Nueces county, appellant was tried on an indictment for the murder of John F. Morton; was proved guilty of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for life.
The only witness whose testimony implicated appellant in the crime was Amado Lerma, and the principal question in the case is: Was this witness an accomplice in any sense entitling defendant to have the jury instructed that the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice is not sufficient of itself to support a conviction ? The statement of…
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