People v. Collum

Citations

• 122 Cal. 186
• 54 P. 589
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 553

Syllabus

<p>Cbihinal Law—Abson—Evidence—Accomplice—Accessaby—The uncorroborated evidence of an accessary after the fact to the crime of arson is sufficient to sustain a conviction of the defendant charged therewith. Such an accessary is not an accomplice who aids, abets, and assists in the commission of the crime, or who has advised and encouraged its commission.</p> <p>Id.—Confession of Co-conspibatob—Impeachment—Contbadictoby Statements.—The confession of a co-conspirator to the effect that he and the defendant had committed the crime of arson with which the defendant was charged, made after the conspiracy had ended, is inadmissible hearsay; nor is such confession admissible for the purpose of impeaching his evidence, when not directly contradictory thereto.</p> <p>Id.—Infebential Inconsistency of Statements.—The statements of a witness are not admissible for purposes of impeachment, if the inconsistency of the impeaching statements with the evidence of the witness does not appear by direct comparison therewith, but only inferentially, while another inference might be drawn in favor of their consistency.</p>