Holton v. State

The defendants, Holton, Seymore, and Norton were jointly indicted for hog stealing. The two latter defendants pleaded guilty. Holton was convicted. His motion for new trial which contained only the general grounds was overruled and he excepted. ■ ■ •

Frank Norton, an accomplice, testified in effect that on Tuesday afternoon he and the defendant, Holton, his brother-in-law, rode through the farm of Mr. Kimbro which was about two miles from Norton’s home and there they saw or located a sow' and four pigs on the Kimbro farm; that they rode through the farm a second time and again saw the hogs;…