Shephard v. State

The defendants were informed against, tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for the crime of robbery and stealing from the person of one Joseph Preedon the sum of $20. As we understand the record, there are but two assignments of error: (1) The court admitted in evidence the confession of the defendant Joseph Shephard to the police officers while he was in custody in the common jail, and the evidence had its effect on the jury, and then the court excluded it as being a confession made under duress and extorted by threats, promises, and by falsehood. The court…