Jenkins v. State

Citations

• 98 Miss. 717
• 54 So. 158

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. .Plea of guilty. Corpus delicti. Evidence. Code 1906, section 87. Appeal.</p> <p>Code 1906, § 87 giving a party, convicted of a criminal offense before a justice of the peace, the right of appeal to the circuit court and to a tria] therein de novo, a plea of guilty in the justice of the peace court does not debar the defendant from such appeal.</p> <p>2. Corpus Delicti.</p> <p>The corpus delicti cannot be established by a confession alone, there must be corroborative proof, but the confession made before a trial in the justice of the peace court and defendant’s plea of guilty there may be introduced on the trial in the circuit court as testimony tending to establish the guilt of defendant.</p>