People v. Kraker

Defendant was convicted of the crime of receiving stolen goods knowing them to have been stolen.

At the trial, one H. G. Matthewson, who was charged in the information with the stealing of the goods, was a witness against the defendant,—evidently the principal witness.

At the conclusion of the testimony and argument, the defendant asked the court to instruct the jury substantially in the language of section 1111 of the Penal Code, which reads as follows:—

“ A conviction cannot be had on the testimony of an accomplice, unless he is corroborated by other evidence, which in itself, and without the…