Holmes v. State

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the district court of Cherokee county of grand larceny, and were each sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary.

Defendants were jointly charged with Eugene Hoskins and Drew Parris with the larceny of three spools of copper wire from the warehouse of the Bell Telephone Company at Tahlequah. Hoskins pleaded guilty and was the principal witness for the state. Parris was a fugitive. The only contention made that has any merit is that there is no sufficient corroboration of the testimony of the…