NELSON v. STATE


123 A.2d 859 (1956)

Carl NELSON, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

June 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. James Conaway, Jr., of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for appellant.

Albert J. Stiftel, Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., and WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, JJ., sitting.


SOUTHERLAND, Chief Justice.

The principal question in this case concerns the degree or quantum of proof required to establish the corpus delicti apart from the defendant's confession.

The facts are these:

Anne Rose Parsons, a married woman, lived with her husband and children at Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. In 1952 she met the defendant, and an illicit attachment resulted. At the time with which we are concerned she was employed at the Kennard-Pyle...

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