State v. Wooley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from. Buchanan Criminal Court . — Hon. A. D. Burnes, Special Judge. (1) It is settled law in this State that no person can be convicted of a crime npon his extra-judicial admission alone. There was a failure to prove a corpus delicti in this case. The corpus delicti must be proved by evidence independent of the extra-judicial confession or admission.
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Appeal from. Buchanan Criminal Court . — Hon. A. D. Burnes, Special Judge. (1) It is settled law in this State that no person can be convicted of a crime npon his extra-judicial admission alone. There was a failure to prove a corpus delicti in this case. The corpus delicti must be proved by evidence independent of the extra-judicial confession or admission. Robinson v. State, 12 Mo. 592; State v. Scott, 39 Mo. 424; Pitts v. State, 43 Miss. 472; People v. Prank, 83 Pae. 578; Hatchett v. Com., 76 Ya. 1026; McBride v. People, 37 Pac. 953; Dressen v. State, 59 N. W. 1024; State v. Nesenhener, 164…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is now pending in this court upon an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction in the criminal court of Buchanan county for murder in the first degree. At the March term, 1907, of the criminal court of Buchanan county, an indictment was returned by the grand jury, charging the defendant, John Wooley, with the murder of his stepchild, Pearl Smith. Anna Wooley, wife of the defendant, John Wooley, was charged in the indictment as an accessory before the fact. The charge upon which the judgment in this cause is predicated is thus made by the indictment returned by the grand…
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