Martinez v. State

HARPER, Judge.

—The appellant in this case was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary, in the District Court of Dimmit County, being charged with the theft of a hog.

1. The appellant complains that the court erred in not giving in charge the law controlling circumstantial evidence. There was positive proof by an eyewitness that appellant took the hog. Other witnesses swore he brought fresh hog meat to the camp. It is true the court held all these witnesses were accomplices, but they were corroborated by the head and other parts of the hog being found…