'It is not easy to reconcile the cases on this subject. In K
■B. Baldry, decided in 1853 (3 Dan., 430), the constable told
the prisoner that he need not say anything to criminate
himself, but that what he did say would be taken down and
used as evidence against him. It was held that this was not
an inducement, though there were earlier cases which treated
it as such. In B, v. Jarvis, L. R., 1 C. C. R, 96, the follow-
ing was held not to be an inducement: "I think it is right I
should tell you that besides being in the presence of my
brother and myself" (prisoner's master), "you are in the
presence of two officers of the public, and I should advise

[a] Hopti). Utah, 110 U. S., 574, 583; U. S. «. Pumphreys,
1 Cranch 0. C, 74; U. 8. v. Hunter, lb., 317; People v. Ward.
15 Wend.. 331; Com. v. Ohabbock. 1 Mass.. 144; State v. Oar-
vey, 85 La. Ann., 935; 36 Am. R, 133.
