Gardner v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Callahan County on a charge of theft of certain cotton belonging to one J. C. Burleson and alleged to have been taken on the 14th day of October, 1907.

1. The fact of the taking by appellant in connection with one Tom South was proven by the testimony of the latter. South was undoubtedly an accomplice, and an inspection of the record shows a very slight corroboration of his testimony.

2. The State was permitted, over objection of appellant, to prove by one Mason the theft of certain cotton owned by him on the night of the 9th of…