McVeigh v. State

1. The confession of the accused being corroborated by sufficient independent proof to establish the corpus delicti, the evidence warranted the verdict; and the trial court did not err in overruling the general grounds of the motion for new trial.

2. A duly certified public record is admissible in evidence without proof of its authenticity by the person who prepared the record.

3. No error was committed in allowing a State's witness to testify from his own knowledge that dental records similar to a record introduced in evidence were used in the Army to identify deceased soldiers.

4. It is not…