Case Name: Welborn, alias Faver, v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-05-12
Citations: 25 Ga. App. 327
Docket Number: 11279
Parties: Welborn, alias Faver, v. The State.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 327–327

Head Matter:
11279.
Welborn, alias Faver, v. The State.
Decided May 12, 1920.
Indictment for felony; from Wilkes superior court — Judge Walker. December 13, 1919.
Under an indictment for larceny of a hog, Welborn, alias Favor, was found guilty with a recommendation that he be punished as for a misdemeanor. The material facts appear in the report of the case of Welborn v. State, ante, 245, which was tried with this case.
Colley & Colley, Hugh E. Combs, for plaintiff in error.
R. C. Norman, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
"In order to warrant a conviction of a felony upon the testimony of an accomplice, the corroborating circumstances must be such as would lead to the inference that the defendant is guilty, independently of the testimony of the accomplice." Butler v. State, 17 Ga. App. 522 (1) (87 S. E. 712), and cit. Under this rule the conviction of the defendant in the instant case was unauthorized, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment reversed,.
Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.