Evans v. State

Jackson, Chief Justice.

[Bartow Evans and John K. Simmons were indicted for the larceny of a still, worm and cap. On the trial, the corpus delicti was proved. Sam. Simmons, a witness for the State, testified that the defendants and himself stole the property, hid it for a time and then carried it to a place described by him, and set up and operated a still for sometime until the United States deputy marshals broke it up; and that he turned State’s evidence to prevent being prosecuted himself. As corroborative of this, it was shown that the owner recovered the stolen cap and worm from the…