State v. Wade

The defendant was accused of the crime of adultery. He was tried before a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison, from which judgment he has appealed. The appeal challenges the judgment upon the grounds that the defendant was convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, in violation of Comp. Laws Utah 1917, § 8992, which provides:

“A conviction shall not he had on the testimony of an accomplice, unless he is corroborated by other evidence which in itself, and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with…