Thomas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Lamar. Tried below before Hon. E. D. McClellan. This appeal is from a conviction for knowingly attempting to pass as true a forged instrument, the punishment being assessed at three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Lamar. Tried below before Hon. E. D. McClellan. This appeal is from a conviction for knowingly attempting to pass as true a forged instrument, the punishment being assessed at three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The forged instrument was a note executed to the order of the First National Bank of Paris, for $212. After his arrest, defendant was told by the constable, R. Trigg, that whatever he might say to him about his case would be used as evidence against him upon his trial, but could not be used for him. Trigg says, “I afterwards also told him…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for attempting to pass as true a forged instrument in writing, and given three years in the penitentiary, from which said judgment and sentence he prosecutes this appeal. Confessions of appellant were introduced in evidence over his objection. They were made while in arrest, but under proper caution. The objection made by appellant to the admission in evidence of his confessions was that he had been induced to make them by an officer, and that they were not, therefore, voluntary, within the meaning of the statute. The supposed inducement consisted…
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