Pippen v. State

Dec 25, 1925
No. 9684.
Reporters:
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Before:
Lattimore
*382 LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hunt County ‍‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍of transporting intoxicating liquor, and his punishment fixed at one year in the penitentiary.

But one witness gave testimony. He swore ‍‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍that he and another man made whiskey and that he sold a quantity of it to appellant who transported it away ‍‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍from the place of purchase to some other place. This witness was an accomplice. Cate v. State, 272 S. W. Rep. 210. ‍‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍A conviction resting solely upon the testimony of one or any number of accomplices, cannot be sustained. The evidence being ‍‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍insufficient to support the judgment, a reversal is “ordered.

Reversed and remanded.