Miller v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Erom the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. Jambs Cobbs. The indictment in this case, which was found at the October term, 1865, charged that “ Bill Miller, Goodloe, and Patrick, negro freedmen, formerly slaves of William McBee, feloniously took and carried away three bales of cotton, the property of Stephen Horton, of the value of more than twenty dollars.”
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Erom the Circuit Court of Sumter. Tried before the Hon. Jambs Cobbs. The indictment in this case, which was found at the October term, 1865, charged that “ Bill Miller, Goodloe, and Patrick, negro freedmen, formerly slaves of William McBee, feloniously took and carried away three bales of cotton, the property of Stephen Horton, of the value of more than twenty dollars.” The defendants were arraigned at the same term, and severally pleaded not guilty ; and on the trial at the April term, 1866, as the bill of exceptions shows, the following proceedings were had: “ The State introduced Stephen…
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
The principal question to be determined in this case is, whether the confessions of the prisoners, as shown by the record, were properly admitted in evidence. The law is well settled, that before a confession can be admitted in evidence to the jury, it should be shown, prima fade, to have been voluntarily made. ¿ Whether it was so made or not, it is for the judge to determine, before he admits it, upon consideration of the age, condition, situation, and character of the prisoner, and the circumstances under which it was made.—Brister et al. v. The State, 26 Ala. 107. The usual method of…
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