Warren v. State

Appellant was indicted and convicted of murder, and was sentenced to death. Many errors are assigned, but we shall consider four only, each of which assignments is well taken.

1. The testimony on the part of the state discloses that the confession made to the sheriff, and admitted in evidence, was not free and voluntary as those terms are understood in the law. The facts bring the case squarely within Harvey v. State (Miss.), 20 So. 837, and Johnson v. State, 89 Miss. 773, 42 So. 606.

2. When the state had closed its evidence upon the preliminary inquiry, in the absence of the jury, as to…