 A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense ; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the...  The South Western Reporter - Page 1881914Full view - About this book
 | California - 1915 - 1172 pages
...corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof. An accomplice is hereby defined as one who is liable to prosecution for... | |
 | Peter V. Ross - 1915 - 1332 pages
...testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect accused with the commission of the offense, and that the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the1 offense or the circumstances thereof. Held, that the purpose of the statute! was to prohibit a... | |
 | 1916 - 1372 pages
...corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense: and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the mÃense or the circumstances thereof." Stats. 1911, p. 484. It Is argued that this section, as amended,... | |
 | California. District Courts of Appeal - 1916 - 934 pages
...offense. Such corroboration is required by section 1111 of the Penal Code, which further states that "the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." Of course it is a sufficient compliance with this rule if the corroborative... | |
 | 1918 - 742 pages
...corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." The law of the state of Oklahoma, however, was not applicable to a criminal... | |
 | Sir James Fitzjames Stephen - 1918 - 1032 pages
...testimony of the accomplice tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense," and that "the corroboration is not sufficient If it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof," does not mean that an accomplice may not be believed by the jury, and... | |
 | 1919 - 482 pages
...by "such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." The decision is based on two early California cases decided under entirely... | |
 | 1919 - 1022 pages
...such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant, John Ryal, with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of an offense, or the circumstances thereof; but you are further instructed that it is not necessary that... | |
 | California - 1921 - 844 pages
...by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense ; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof. An accomplice is hereby defined as one who is liable to prosecution for... | |
 | 1921 - 1186 pages
...corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.16 The corroboration of an accomplice's testimony may be slight; but it... | |
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