McVeigh v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The State introduced appellant’s confessions against him. Appellant excepted on the ground that he was under arrest at the time the confessions were made, and was not properly warned, and, if properly warned, that the eonefssions were made to officers under promises of reward and persuasion. . The State’s witnesses (the sheriff and his deputy) testify that a proper warning was given, to wit, that they told appellant before he confessed to the theft that same would be…