State v. Jones

Citations

• 53 Wash. 142
• 101 P. 708
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1284

Syllabus

<p>Witnesses — Cross-Examination—Convicts—True Name of Witnesses — Materiality. Upon cross-examination of a state’s witness, wbo bad been convicted as a participant in tbe crime under an assumed name and admitted perjury on bis own trial, bis true name is not material to tbe issue, and it is not an abuse of discretion to refuse to require bim to state it, where accused bad the full benefit of cross-examination.</p> <p>Larceny — Money—Evidence—Sufficiency. A conviction of larceny of United States money is sustained where a witness stated that be was familiar with United States money, that it was United States currency, and looked like United States money, and described the denomination of the bills, although in an isolated answer on cross-examination he admitted it might have been Canadian money.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Testimony oe Accomplices — Instructions. It is not error in giving a correct instruction cautioning the jury against convicting upon the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, to refuse to instruct that in most cases the same is clearly insufficient and that the jury cannot convict thereon if the accomplice has testified differently at some other time.</p>