State v. . Todd

The defendant assigns error in the denial by the court below of his motion for judgment as of nonsuit. He contends that the evidence offered by tbe State tended to exculpate rather than incriminate him, and was insufficient to warrant submission of the case to the jury or to support the verdict and judgment.

The only evidence offered by the State which in any way connected this defendant with the crime charged in the bill of indictment was the defendant’s own statement to the officers. There was no other evidence. The statements or confessions of the other defendants who were tried at the same…