Carr v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

The offense is burglary with the punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

The State identified and introduced in evidence a confession made by appellant while under arrest. While the State was developing its case in chief Mr. Britton, the City Marshal of Hamlin, testified to having seen appellant sign the confession in question, to being present at the time it was taken, and that the warning was given by W. J. Brians, the Justice of the Peace. He .then stated over appellant’s objection that the statement was “voluntarily made,” the objection being that the answer…