Blakely v. State

1. The court charged: "The testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact. An exception to this rule is made in the case of a felony — and burglary is a felony — where the only witness is an accomplice; in such case corroborating circumstances may dispense with another witness. The corroborating circumstances referred to must be such as to connect the defendant with the perpetration of the crime, and tend to show his participation therein." This rule, so charged, has been well settled since the decision in Childers v. State, 52 Ga. 106. It was applicable to the…