Kemp v. State

The evidence for the state tending to convict the defendant consists of the testimony of an accomplice as to the main facts, and other testimony tending to prove that the confessed thief was in company with defendant during the night of the alleged crime. The law is that a conviction for felony cannot be had on the testimony of an accomplice, unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and such corroborative evidence, if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof, is not sufficient. Code 1923, §…