Brewer v. State

From the opinion in the case of Shields v. State, 104 Ala. 35, 39, 40, 16 So. 85, 87 (53 Am. St. Rep. 17), we quote the following: “Evidence is not infrequently obtained by methods which are reprehensible in good morals, offensive to fair dealing, subjecting it to unfavorable inferences, the party relying upon it must neutralize, to entitle it to full credence. And evidence is sometimes obtained under circumstances which meet with the unqualified disapprobation of the Courts. The evidence, however unfairly and illegally obtained, is not subject to exclusion, if it be of facts in themselves…