LaFray v. State

George LaFray ivas convicted of the offense of sodomy and given a life sentence. The testimony relied on by the State was that of a seven-year-old boy, with whom the crime ivas alleged to have been committed, and two other young boys who testified as to other circumstances tending to show a general course of conduct. There was other testimony, which if it had been accepted by the jury would have required an acquittal, but the jury did not see fit to accept the same.

It was insisted that the witness Dikes, a seven-year-old boy, was an accomplice, and for that reason his testimony was…