Low v. State

Riley Low is under sentence of death, for the murder of his young step-son, Louis Mullins, by poisoning.

At the trial, the grandmother of the child testified that he stated to her, in the presence and hearing of the defendant, that he had administered the poison, and that the defendant remained silent. She also testified that when the child died, his mother brought the same accusation against the defendant, and that he positively denied it.

The former of these statements by the witness was competent testimony; the latter was incompetent.

If a man be accused of an offense, and, hearing the…