People v. Dudgeon

Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree. The testimony taken .on the trial is not set out in detail but the bill of exceptions shows that confessions made by defendant were received in evidence, that several witnesses testified that such confessions were voluntarily made and that no inducements were offered or threats made or violence used to procure them; that defendant and others testified that the confessions were forced by members of the State police and that they were the result of force, threats and violence. The errors assigned, which are necessary to decision, are upon…