State v. Concannon

Citations

• 25 Wash. 327
• 65 P. 534
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 396

Syllabus

<p>CRIMINAL LAW GRAND LARCENY •— EVIDENCE.</p> <p>In a prosecution for grand larceny, in which the evidence of an accomplice has been admitted showing that the stolen goods were put in a sack and placed under a table in a room of defendant’s house, it is admissiDie to interrogate witnesses wno had been in the room at the time the stolen goods were said to be there whether they had seen either the goods or a sack in the room.</p> <p>SAME -ACCOMPLICES - UNCORROBORATED TESTIMONY.</p> <p>A verdict of guilty in a criminal prosecution is unwarranted wnen based upon the evidence of an accomplice who was addicted to the habitual use of opium, and under its influence while testifying, when such evidence is uncorroborated upon any material matters. ;</p>