Weatherred v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge. —

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Hill County of the offense of being an accomplice to the crime of arson, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

Homer Weatherred owned a gin. Appellant, a brother of Homer, worked at said gin as a day laborer for wages. The gin burned. Appellant was charged with hiring two men to burn it. They both testified against him that he did so hire them. They were accomplice witnesses. Hence a necessity for other evidence tending to show that appellant did so hire them. If none, the conviction cannot stand.

Witnesses…