Knowles v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Benton Circuit Court; J. S. Maples, Judge; 1. Pearl Knowles was an accomplice. 95 Ark. 233; 27 L. E. A. (N. S.) 872. Proof of a confession of guilt made hy the accused is not alone a sufficient corroboration of the testimony of the accomplice.
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Appeal from Benton Circuit Court; J. S. Maples, Judge; 1. Pearl Knowles was an accomplice. 95 Ark. 233; 27 L. E. A. (N. S.) 872. Proof of a confession of guilt made hy the accused is not alone a sufficient corroboration of the testimony of the accomplice. Kirby’s Digest § § 2384, 2385; 36 Ark. 117; 43 Ark. 367. 2. In a prosecution of this character, marriage of the accused in fact must he proved, and also the fact of his being married at the time the intercourse was alleged to have been committed. There is no competent proof in the record that at the time of the alleged offense, appellant was…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
J. M. Knowles has appealed from a judgment of conviction for the crime of incest, charged to have been committed by committing adultery with Pearl Knowles, his daughter. The facts are as follows:
Pearl Knowles testified: I am eighteen years of age, and am the daughter of the defendant, J. M. Knowles. I have had sexual intercourse with him several times a month for the past three years in Benton County, Arkansas. As a result of that intercourse, I gave birth to a child. It died about two or three days after its birth, and my father buried it in the yard near the house. I submitted to all these…
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