Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Walker. Tried below be» fore the Hon. N. G. Kittrell. The conviction in this case was for burglary, and the penalty-assessed against the appellant was a term of eight years in the penitentiary. • J. B. Holland was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived at Riverside, in Walker county, Texas, and was owner and proprietor of the store for the burglary of which the defendant was on trial.
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Appeal from the District Court of Walker. Tried below be» fore the Hon. N. G. Kittrell. The conviction in this case was for burglary, and the penalty-assessed against the appellant was a term of eight years in the penitentiary. • J. B. Holland was the first witness for the State. He testified that he lived at Riverside, in Walker county, Texas, and was owner and proprietor of the store for the burglary of which the defendant was on trial. The witness returned from a camp hunt on a certain Tuesday in April, 1888, when Mr. Orville Wiley, whom he had left in charge of his store, informed him…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
It is clear that, at the time the defendant made the confession admitted in evidence against him, he was under restraint. It is also clear that he did not make said confession voluntarily, but that it was extorted from him by means •of violence inflicted on his person; but it further appears from *314the evidence that, at the time of making said confession, he also made a statement of facts and circumstances which were found to be true, and which conduced to establish his guilt of the burglary charged against him. He stated where a portion of the stolen property was secreted, and…
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