...This instruction was clearly error under the provisions of sec. 7871, Rev. Codes, which section is as follows: "A conviction cannot be had on the testimony...the corroboration is not sufficient, if it merely Opinion of the Court — Sullivan, CJ shows the commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof."...

...circumstances thereof." As enacted in 1872 the section read: "A conviction cannot be had on the testimony of au accomplice, unless he is corroborated by other evidence...commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof." 2. Amended by Stats. 1911, p. 484, to read: "A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice,...

...testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect accused with the commission of the offense, and that the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the1 offense or the circumstances thereof. Held, that the purpose of the statute! was to prohibit a...

...offense. Such corroboration is required by section 1111 of the Penal Code, which further states that "the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely...commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." Of course it is a sufficient compliance with this rule if the corroborative evidence showing the circumstances...

...of the offense charged in the indictment; and the corroboration is not sufficient for a conviction if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof. Section 1111 of the California Penal Code; also section 2001, subdivision 4, of the California Code...

...testimony of an accomplice, unless he be coroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely show the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof;" and where the trial court, upon request,...

...unmistakable. It is set forth in the instructions given by the learned trial judge. These are substantially as follows: "A conviction cannot be had on the testimony...commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." (Pen. Code, sec. 1111.) Furthermore, "Evidence that merely excites suspicion is not sufficient corroboration."...

...not those acts and facts make the witness an accomplice. For the law declares in mandatory terms that 'A conviction cannot be had on the testimony of an...commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.' (Pen. Code, sec. 1111.)" The point is elaborated in the ease of People v. Southwell, 28 Cal. App. 430,...

...testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and...commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." The facts attending the immediate commission of the crime, as distinguished from appellant's alleged...

...testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and...commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof." The testimony of the witness Hoist relied upon by the prosecution as corroborative shows only the fact...