Madden v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rankin County. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. It was the duty of the court to have excluded the testimony of Morris, after it appeared on cross-examination that his confession was induced by a hope of reward.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rankin County. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. It was the duty of the court to have excluded the testimony of Morris, after it appeared on cross-examination that his confession was induced by a hope of reward. "Wharton, in his Criminal Evidence, § 689, says : “ If a confession be received in evidence, it not appearing that any inducement had been held out, but at a later period of the trial it appears that such an inducement was held out before the making of the confession as would have rendered it inadmissible, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, C. J ,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Without intending to hold that no other error exists in the voluminous and confused record in this cause, it is sufficient to note the following.
The appellant and others were indicted for burglary. On the trial, one Morris, indicted for the same offence, was introduced by the State as a witness. He distinctly and fully testified to the guilt of the appellant on direct examination. On cross-examination he stated that some daj^s after the burglary, and while he was confined in jail, he sent for the attorneys who had been engaged to prosecute the…
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