People v. Clough

The defendant Clough was convicted of burglary of the first degree.

As portion of his charge, the judge of the Superior Court instructed the jury, in the precise language of section 1111 of the Penal Code, as follows:—

“A conviction cannot be had on the testimony of a *349accomplice, 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 the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof”; and in another…