State v. Cunningham
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
State v. Cunningham, 31 Me. 355 (Me. 1850)
Orally, Shepley
State v. Cunningham
Opinion of the Court
There is no positive rule of law, that a jury may not convict upon the unsupported testimony of a particeps criminis. There may be cases, hr which an -omission, by the- Judge, to advise the jury to look with great .suspicion, on such testimony, might be deemed a neglect of duty. Each case has its peculiar circumstances, with reference ■to which the Judge should exercise a sound discretion, in advising the jury.
This case being put upon strict legal right, the
Exceptions are overruled.
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- State versus Cunningham
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