YOUNG v. STATE

Chas. J. Scott, of Ft. Payne, for appellant. In the absence of independent evidence, the confession was inadmissible, and should have been excluded. The general charge should have been given for defendant. Matthews v. State, 55 Ala. 187; Smith v. State, 133 Ala. 145, 31 So. 806, 91 Am. St. Rep. 21; Stringer v. State, 135 Ala. 60, 33 So. 685; 16 C. J. 735; Harden v. State, 109 Ala. 50, 19 So. 494; Matthews v. State, 55 Ala. 187. Charlie C. McCall, Atty. Gen., for the State. Brief did not reach the Reporter.