State v. Skibiski
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ripley Circuit Court.1 — Eon. J. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) Before a conviction can be sustained in this case the. corpus delicti must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, every essential element of the offense charged must be proved, and it must be proved.beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense was committed by defendant.' • 6 Cyc. 240; McClain, Crim.
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Appeal from Ripley Circuit Court.1 — Eon. J. G. Sheppard, Judge. (1) Before a conviction can be sustained in this case the. corpus delicti must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, every essential element of the offense charged must be proved, and it must be proved.beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense was committed by defendant.' • 6 Cyc. 240; McClain, Crim. Law, p. .618, Sec. 612; 12 Cyc. .488 (11). . (2) The corpus delicti cannot be proved by the uncorroborated confession of the defendant.- 25 Cyc. 120. (3) The venue must be proved as any other fact. It cannot be proved by inference…
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, C.
— Appellant was convicted of stealing a steer in Ripley county and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
The evidence for the State tended to show that' in the fall of 1909 Henry Cooper owned some cattle which he was permitting to run on the range about his and appellant’s farms and among them was a large, pale red steer, about three and one-half years old, which Cooper had raised and the habit of which, with the other cattle, was to return frequently to Cooper’s place where the cattle were salted and otherwise looked after. About November 20, 1909, the steer disappeared and,…
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