State v. . Grier

It is suggested in the brief of the Attorney-General that the transcript is imperfect, but as the prisoner has been convicted of a capital felony and no motion has been made to dismiss the appeal the exceptions entered of record will be duly considered. The principal assignment of error is the admission of evidence relating to the alleged confession of the prisoner and of a statement said to have been made by his codefendant, Clyde Smith.

The State first offered to prove the prisoner’s confession by John Hord, a policeman, but his testimony was excluded for the reason that the prisoner had not…