Timbs v. State

The defendant Bennie L. Timbs was convicted of burglary, a felony; his motion for a new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

The general grounds of the motion for new trial are expressly abandoned.

The court charged the jury, in part, as follows: “Gentlemen, an incriminatory admission is a statement made by one accused of the violation of a publication of a public law, the fact or existence of which is pertinent to the issue under investigation and which tends, in connection with other proven facts and circumstances, or circumstances, to show the guilt of the accused of the offense charged. If…