State v. Grear

The defendant was indicted for an assault, being armed with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do great bodily harm. Upon trial he was convicted of this offence. Upon bill of exceptions, motion was made for a new trial, and from an order overruling the same this appeal was taken.

Upon the trial, the state called a witness by whose testimony it was proposed to prove statements of the defendant 'in the nature of a confession. Objection was made to this, upon the ground that, as was claimed, the defendant was so intoxicated at the time of the alleged confession that he did not know what he was…