Riley v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The State has filed motion in this case for rehearing and principally relies upon evidence showing that appellant was in possession of the hog that had been stolen for the purpose of corroborating the accomplice witness.

The record reveals that the accomplice witness, together with the other parties involved, caught the hog and borrowed a rope to tie it, which fact was corroborated by another State witness who says that appellant was not present. It is, therefore, apparent from the record that appellant was not present at the time and place where the…