 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
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1895 - 614 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 circumstances thereof." 1878 GS ch. 73, § 104. The dying declarations of the wife, Helen Clayton,... | |
 | Gary M. Lavergne - 2001 - 424 pages
...unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense." Hank's eyewitness testimony would not be enough for a conviction. Virtually everything he claimed in... | |
 | California - 1925 - 546 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... | |
 | Charles Ellewyin George - 1912 - 460 pages
...the testimony of the accomplice, 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." To supply the needed corroboration, the court permitted the examination... | |
 | California - 1925 - 540 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... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1918 - 672 pages
...are corroborated by such other evidence as tends to convict Dunn of the commission of the offense. The corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense and the circumstances thereof. The corroborating evidence must, independently of the testimony of Eedenbaugh... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - 1882 - 616 pages
...corroborated by such other evidence as tends to convict the defendant of the commission of the offence ; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offence or the circumstances thereof." Gen. St. 1878, c. 73, § 104. We think a reasonable construction... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1893 - 994 pages
...which has a tendency to connect the defendant with the commission of the alleged offense ; and such corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the alleged offense, or the circumstances. An accomplice is one who voluntarily participates in the commission... | |
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