Turner v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted of armed robbery and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment, and this appeal in error resulted.

The proof shows that defendant held up a grocery in Bast Nashville, and according to the proprietor obtained about $130 from him. He is positively identified by both the proprietor and his daughter, who was present. The sawed-ofi: shotgun was found in the possession of the defendant two days later and he made a confession admitting his guilt to police officers.

He denies having held up this store and insists that his confession was extorted from him.

It…