Robinson v. Aderhold

Bell, Justice.

In the instant habeas corpus case, brought by one person for the release of another convicted of rape, it was alleged in the petition that the conviction was void for the reason that the accused was deprived of due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in that an alleged signed confession that was introduced in evidence against him on his trial was not freely and voluntarily made, but was obtained by force and violence and other unlawful means, whereby the accused was required to give evidence tending to incriminate himself. A…