State v. Bernard

Defendant appeals from a conviction and sentence for the larceny of a hog. There are three bills of exception in the record. The first is to the admission in evidence of an alleged voluntary confession. This so-called confession consists of certain incriminatory statements made by the de-, fendant to two deputy sheriffs who arrested him and had him in their custody. In order to lay the basis for the admission of the confession, testimony as to its voluntary character was first offered, consisting of the deposition of the two officers and of the defendánt. This testimony was reduced to writing…