McCain v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Hardin County convicting appellant of the offense of burglary and assessing his punishment at two years in the penitentiary.

For the conviction in this case the State relies principally on the written confession of the appellant while under arrest. From this confession we quote the following: “I, J. C. McCain, being in the custody of M. D. Jordan, Sheriff, and being duly warned by R. M. Briggs, Dist. Atty., (the person to whom this statement is made), first, that I do not have to make any state*541ment at all, and,…