confess to false charges under torture; admit a confession by tortures; admit one's guilt under torture; beat a man in order to extort a confession; confess after tortures; extort confessions by torture; He could not bear the blows any longer and could but confess.; He could not endure such beating and could but confess.; obtain a confession by means of torture; One could not stand the torture and confessed.; (He) was tortured until (he) confessed.; When (he) had been beaten beyond endurance (he) could only confess.