Although it is necessary, in a case of murder, that there should be evldence that the body found 1s the body of the murdered person, the circumstances may he sufficient evidence of identity. Admissions by the prisoner, elicited by questions of a police officer, with an admonition to tell all she knew, andc., held inadmlssible. But a subsequent statement by the prisoner to another police officer is not necessarily so far under the same influence as to exclude it (a)).
Citations:
[1862] EngR 142, (1862) 2 F and F 833, (1862) 175 ER 1308
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Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.286308