Bell and Swain v. State

Robert Bell and Grady .Swain were indicted, tried before a jury, and convicted of murder in the first degree. They were sentenced to death, and have duly prosecuted an appeal to this court.

Two assignments of error are pressed upon us for a reversal of the judgment. In the first place, it is earnestly insisted that the confessions introduced in evidence were obtained 'by the officers who had the defendants in charge by whipping them. In the second place, it is insisted that the evidence is not legally sufficient to warrant the verdict. In making this contention, counsel for the appellants urge…