State v. Scott

Citations

• 86 Wash. 296
• 150 P. 423
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 997

Syllabus

<p>Larceny — Corpus Delicti — Evidence—Suebtciency. In a prosecution for the theft of money belonging to C., the corpus delicti is sufficiently shown by proof that the money was in the trunk where C. had placed it that morning, that it was not there at noon and had been removed by some person other than C.</p> <p>Same — Evidence—Sueeiciency. Where the theft of money belonging to C., who had left the state, is established by the testimony of other witnesses that C. and detectives had opened and searched the trunk in which the money had been placed, and failed to find it, proof that C. had made “complaint” or accused any particular person is not essential.</p> <p>SAME-rEVIDENCE-SUEEICIENCY-CONEESSIONS-CORPUS DELICTI.</p> <p>Upon a prosecution for the theft of $480 that was kept in a trunk, the fact that, when the defendant was arrested on the same day in another city, he had $67.50 and some articles that had been in the trunk that morning, and that defendant told the officer that he took only $50, but did not get it from the trunk, but from a dresser, is admissible and sufficient to make a case for the jury; a defendant’s confession, along with other evidence, being admissible to establish the corpus delicti.</p>