State v. Kellar

There is but one question in this case that need be considered. The defendant has been convicted of the crime of incest, the female being his daughter. It is not claimed by the state, and could not be upon the record, that there is any evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime except the evidence of the daughter. Our statute (section 8195, Rev. Codes) reads: “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless he is corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration…