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110 Ga. 271

Coley v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 28, 1899

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1899-11-28

<p>Indictment for burglary. Before Judge Smith. Pulaski •superior court. August term, 1899.</p>

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Decided 1899-11-28

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently October 1972

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Fish, J.

¶11. While proof of given facts may be sufficient to authorize a jury to find that a confession has been corroborated, the court should not instruct the jury that such proof is sufficient. The determination of such a question is peculiarly one for the jury.

¶22. Accordingly, it was, in the trial of one indicted for burglary, erroneous to charge as follows: “If you find that he confessed that he stood watch and that he left there with his brother, whether or not he carried any of the goods, that the goods were concealed and that this defendant disclosed the place where the goods were concealed, that would be sufficient corroboration of a confession, if you find that there has been a confession in this case.”

¶3Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.'
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