Owen v. State

1. There was ample evidence upon which to predicate the charge of the court as to the effect of recent possession of stolen goods. Under the evidence offered by the State a charge on this subject was demanded ; and there is no complaint that the charge as given was.not a correct statement of the law.

2. A conviction may be had upon a free and voluntary confession corroborated only by proof of the corpus delicti. In charging on this subject, the trial judge should impress upon the jury the idea that, while this is the law, such proof does not necessarily demand a conviction, and that at last,…