Dixon v. State

1. To render a confession of guilt admissible as evidence it must have been made voluntarily, without being induced by another by the slightest hope of benefit. Hence, any advice to a prisoner under arrest by the officer having her in custody, to the effect that if she knew anything she had better tell it, vitiates a confession induced thereby. Green v. State, 88 Ga. 516.

2. When in the trial of a criminal case it becomes a question whether or not the accused made a confession, a charge assuming that he did so is erroneous. Under such circumstances, the court should, in the proper connection,…