Maples v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of arson, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the State penitentiary.

In the main charge the court submits the following charge on the question of accomplice: “A conviction can not be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, nor any number of accomplices, unless the jury first believes the accomplice’s evidence is true, and that it shows, or tends to show, defendant is guilty; and then you can not convict unless the accomplice’s testimony is corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense charged, and…