State v. Harvey

Four defendants, boys of high-school age, were jointly charged by an information filed in the superior court of Spokane county with the crime of joy-riding.. One of the defendants whs transferred .to the juvenile court; the three remaining were tried in the superior-court. ......

The evidence on the part of .the state, in so. far as it. tendedlo connect these defendants with the crime, consisted entirely of purported confessions.. No. testimony of any kind was offered on behalf of the defendants; the only question in this case being whether or not these confessions were admissible in evidence,…