Harvey v. State

1. Proof of a confession, when corroborated alone by evidence of the corpus delicti, will authorize a. conviction in a criminal ease; and the amount of corroboration necessary to support the conviction is in every case a question of fact for the jury. But even if incriminatory admissions, supplemented by other circumstances, he equivalent to a confession, evidence that the accused confessed the commission of an offense would not be sufficient to authorize a conviction, unless all of the facts essential to establish that the alleged offense was in fact committed are satisfactorily proved.

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