Porter v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
EeoM tbe Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before tbe Hon. Geo. H Ceaig. Tbe defendant in this case, Lucius Porter, a freedman, was indicted and tried, jointly with three other freedmen, Albert Young, Silas Smith, and Robert Jones, for tbe murder of Isaac I). Moore; was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and sentenced to death, while there was a mistrial as to tbe other defendants.
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EeoM tbe Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before tbe Hon. Geo. H Ceaig. Tbe defendant in this case, Lucius Porter, a freedman, was indicted and tried, jointly with three other freedmen, Albert Young, Silas Smith, and Robert Jones, for tbe murder of Isaac I). Moore; was convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and sentenced to death, while there was a mistrial as to tbe other defendants. A bill of exceptions was reserved as to numerous rulings of tbe court on the trial, containing over sixty pages of record paper; but tbe opinion of this court renders it,unnecessary to copy this at length, or…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, J, —
“A free and- voluntary confession of guilt, made by a prisoner, whether in the course of conversation with private individuals, or under examination before a magistrate, is admissible in evidence, as the highest and most satisfactory proof; because it is fairly presumed, that no man would make such a confession against himself, if the facts confessed were not true. And the highest authorities have now established, that a confession, if duly made, and satisfactorily proved, is sufficient alone to warrant a conviction, without any corroborating evidence aliunde. But a confession, in…
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- Aikin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
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