People v. . O'Farrell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the First Judicial Department, entered June 11, 1902, affirming a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the county of Few York rendered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the second degree. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, J.:
The only questions presented upon this appeal are: 1. Whether there was sufficient evidence in the case, besides the testimony of two accomplices who were sworn as witnesses for the prosecution, to justify the submission to the jury of the question of the defendant’s guilt; and 2, if not, whether the fact that two accomplices testified to the crime instead of one removes the case from the effect of section 399 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides: “ A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends…
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