Brinkley v. State

1. “It is well settled by repeated decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court that evidence of a confession, freely and voluntarily made by the defendant, is direct evidence of the highest character, and, when corroborated by proof of the corpus delicti, is sufficient to authorize his conviction.” Berry v. State, 48 Ga. App. 303 (172 S. E. 647); Wimberly v. State, 105 Ga. 188 (31 S. E. 162), and cit.

2. In the instant case the defendant was convicted of simple larceny (stealing a “jack-plane” and other tools). The evidence authorized the jury to find that the accused had made a free and…