Leroy Kimes v. State

Leroy Kimes was indicted, tried and convicted of the felony of breaking and entering a cook room, the property of one W. W. Padgett, with intent to commit petit larceny therein. Jointly indicted with Kimes for the same offense were Jack Smith and J. M. Griffin. Smith was tried and convicted on a joint trial with Kimes, while Griffin was allowed to turn “State’s evidence” and secure his immunity from prosecution.

Proof of guilt against Kimes consists almost wholly of the version of the crime as given for the State by defendant Griffin, who was a self-confessed participant in its commission, if…