Stanley v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Stanley v. State, 82 Miss. 498 (Miss. 1903)
Calhoon
Stanley v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The corpus delicti cannot be proved by the confession of an accused person. Without the confession in the case at bar there is no proof of it. The corpus delicti here is the mingling of poison with water. The water was bitter, and was spit out without harmful effect. It is not shown that there was poison in it, althought the water in the bucket was at hand.
Under Osborne v. Sate, 64 Miss., 320, 1 South., 349, this case must be Reversed and remanded.
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- Samuel Stanley v. State of Mississippi
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- Criminal Law. Poisoning food, drink, etc. Code 1893, g 1255. Corpus delicti. Confession. Evidence. Under Code 1892, § 1255, making it a crime to mingle poison with any food, drink or medicine with intent to kill or injure any human being, th'e corpus delicti is the mingling of the poison with the food, drink or medicine, and the same cannot he proved alone hy the confession of the accused.