"[W] hen there is reason to believe that the plea has been entered through inadvertence, and without due deliberation,... the Court should be indulgent in permitting the plea to be withdrawn."

"A plea confessing himself to be guilty of crime should not be entered except with the express consent of the defendant, given by him personally, in direct terms, in open Court. Nothing should be left to implication...."

The court in exercise of its discretion will permit one accused to substitute a plea of not guilty and have a trial if for any reason the granting of the privilege seems fair and just.

A party should not be allowed to trifle with the Court by deliberately entering a plea of `guilty'one day and capriciously withdrawing it the next

Nothing should be left to implication, and his confession of guilt should be explicitly made by himself in person in the presence of the court.

—plea of guilty of murder in the second degree orally made in open court in defendant's presence and hearing by his counsel, afterwards withdrawn by leave of court

"The law seeks no unfair advantage over a defendant but is watchful to see that the proceedings... shall be fairly and impartially conducted

The appellant should have been allowed to withdraw his plea of guilty, and enter a plea of not guilty

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