State v. Smith

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moore.

1. The defendant, C. Sam Smith, was convicted of the crime of arson, and appeals from the judgment which followed. His counsel contend, inter alia, that errors were committed in receiving, over objection and exception, testimony tending to prove distinct and independent collateral offenses. The State undertook to establish the defendant’s connection with the crime charged by the testimony of Larkin Elliott, a self-confessed accomplice, to the effect that at the time alleged he and Smith were engaged in raising cattle in Crook County, the profit of which…