Harris v. State

The defendant was convicted of robbery by intimidation — the offense charged. The evidence for the State (con*321traclictecl only by the defendant’s statement to the jury) showed that the accused made a free and voluntary confession of his guilt of holding up and robbing a storekeeper, and the confession was amply supported by proof of the corpus delicti and by other evidence. In fact it can fairly be said that the verdict was demanded by the evidence adduced on the trial; and it is stated in the brief of counsel for the accused that “the sole ground relied upon by plaintiff in error is the…