State v. Brown

Defendant was found guilty of the crime of rape without capital punishment, and has appealed from a sentence to hard labor for life in the state penitentiary.

Counsel who represented defendant in the lower court have failed to appear for'him in this court, and the case has been submitted solely on the state’s brief.

The record presents for review seven bills of exception.

Bill No. 1.

When defendant was arrested, he made certain statements to a police officer, and also other statements to the chief of police the following day. These statements.were objected to as not free and voluntary, and the…