McColloh v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

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

The only matter we deem necessary to pass upon is the question raised by the second bill of exceptions. The State, over the objection of appellant, was permitted to introduce Cohn Moore, who testified, “that while defendant and himself were under arrest and in jail, the letters I hold in my hand were given to me by Elijah Washington, who was' also in jail. I am well acquainted with defendant’s handwriting, and these letters were written by defendant,…