Corroboration, evidence in support of principal evidence, e.g., in addition to that of the mother, to charge the father of an illegitimate child under the Bastardy Acts. See AFFILIATION.
In an action for breach of promise of marriage the plaintiff may give evidence, but cannot recover a verdict unless corroborated by other material evidence in support of the promise, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 68, s. 2. See MARRIAGE, PROMISE OF. Corroboration is also required in certain cases under the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69(, ss. 2, 3, and 4 and also by s. 15 (1), (2) of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 15). By the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 1), s. 38, the evidence of children of tender years, though not given on oath, needs corroboration. See UNUS NULLUS RULE.
of a witness's testimony must be afforded by means of independent evidence which implicated by connecting or tending to connect him in a material respect with the offence charged, R. v. Baskerville, (1916) 2 KB 658.
--The word 'corroboration' means not mere evidence tending to confirm other evidence, M.O. Shamsuddin v. State of Kerala, (1995) 3 SCC 351 (359).
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