State v. . Newsome

There are just three observations which I wish to make in regard to this case:

First, with respect to the alleged confessions of the defendant: Confessions are of two kinds, voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary confessions are admissible in evidence against a defendant; involuntary confessions are not. A confession is voluntary in law when — and only when — -it was in fact voluntarily made. Ziang Sung Wan v. United States, 266 U. S., 1, 69 L. Ed., 131. The voluntariness of a confession is a preliminary question to be determined by the judge in passing upon its competency as evidence. S. v.…