State v. Newton

The defendants, Ered Newton and Henry Edwards, were informed against for rob-' bery. -Both were convicted and senteneéd to thepenitentiary for not less than six nor more than nine years.

The first bill of exceptions was reserved to the admission of a confession by Edwards. The confession was objected to on the ground that it was obtained by threats, coercion, duress, and hope of reward.

It appears that on the same night that Ed • wards was arrested he was questioned by the officers for approximately twenty minutes, concerning his supposed implication in the crime. The next morning he was…