State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Linn Circuit Comt. Appellant was indicted at the August term, 1859, of Chariton circuit court for burglary and larceny. A change of venue was awarded to Linn circuit court, when defendant was put upon his trial.
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Appeal from Linn Circuit Comt. Appellant was indicted at the August term, 1859, of Chariton circuit court for burglary and larceny. A change of venue was awarded to Linn circuit court, when defendant was put upon his trial. At the trial, a letter written by defendant to the sheriff of Howard county, in relation to certain confessions that were said to have been made by a man named Price then confined in Howard jail, said sheriff of Howard county, Boyd McCrary, having identified the letter, it was offered in evidence, to which defendant objected, but it was admitted by the court. Frederick…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
the court.
The most important question presented by the record in this case is the one raised by the refusal of the court to give the third and ninth instructions asked by the defendant. These two instructions are substantially the same, and declare the law to the jury, that the evidence of an accomplice, uncorroborated as to a matter material to the guilt of the defendant, is not sufficient to authorize a conviction. These instructions were refused, but the court declared in the tenth instruction, that “ the evidence of an accomplice is admissible, yet his evidence uncorroborated as to…
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