Corroborate
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
To strengthen; to d weight or credibility te a thing by addial and confirming facts or evidence.
— J ‘The expression “corroborating circumstances” wiearly does not mean facts which, independent of acoufession, wil warrent a conviction;
— for then ‘the verdict would stand not on the confession, but upon those independent circumstances, To corroborate is to strengthen, to confirm by additional security, to add strength, The testimony of a ‘witness is said to be corroborated when it is shown $0 torrespond with the representation of some oth- ‘or witness, or to comport with somo facts otherwise known or established.
Corroborating cir- ‘dinustanves, then, used in reference to a conles- ‘sion, are such as serve to strengthon it, to render It more probabie; such, in short, as may serve to impress a jury with a belief in its truth.
10N. J. Law, 163.
Corruptic optimi est pessima
Corruption of the best is worst.