Sessions v. State

HURT, Presiding Judge.

Conviction for the theft of a horse, the property of Rube Gray. The indictment contains but one count, which charges appellant with the theft of the horse as principal. The only witness that implicated appellant, directly or remotely, with the transaction, was Lewis Fergurson. He was one of the instigators—-the original mover and inspiren—of a conspiracy or compact formed, if he tells the truth, by several persons, to steal horses generally in that region of country. The court submitted a charge to the jury authorizing them to determine whether or not Lewis Fergurson was…