State v. Hicks
South Dakota Supreme Court
Error to circuit court, Meade county. Hon. A. J. Plowman, Judge. Indictment charging the plaintiffs in error with the crime of murder. From a judgment of conviction they bring error to this court. The facts are stated in the opinion. The testimony of an accomplice should have but little weight for the reason that in nearly every instance it is given with the hope that it may aid him and lessen his punishmeñt. People v. Ames, 39 Cal. 403; Id. v. Eckard, 10 Cal. 110; 1 Whart.
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Error to circuit court, Meade county. Hon. A. J. Plowman, Judge. Indictment charging the plaintiffs in error with the crime of murder. From a judgment of conviction they bring error to this court. The facts are stated in the opinion. The testimony of an accomplice should have but little weight for the reason that in nearly every instance it is given with the hope that it may aid him and lessen his punishmeñt. People v. Ames, 39 Cal. 403; Id. v. Eckard, 10 Cal. 110; 1 Whart. Am. Crim. Law 785. The testimony of the accomplice must be corroborated as to the commission of the crime by the…
1Opinion of the CourtKeixam, J.
On the 23rd day of May, 1894, in the circuit court for Meade county, plaintiffs in error were convicted of the crime of murder in killing one John Myers on the 14th day of January, 1894. For a reversal of the judgment, plaintiffs in error assign generally errors in the admission and exclusion of evidence, the insufficiency of the evidence to corroborate that of .William C. Walker, an accomplice, and the refusal of the trial court to give certain instructions asked for.
The first assignment is too general to be available, and is not helped ofit by the brief or argument of counsel, as no par- ,…
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