Galas v. State

Vincente Galas was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment, and from the judgment of conviction he appeals.

The only proposition presented for the consideration of this court is based upon the admission of evidence, and is stated in Ms assignments of error as follows:

“The trial court erred in allowing the confession, made in the detective’s headquarters at the city hall, to the jury over the objection of appellant, for the reason that the said confession was not free and voluntary.”

When the confession, which had been taken steno-graphically, was…