Brooks v. State

Atkinson, Justice.

1. The defendant was indicted for the offense of burglary. On the trial of the case the State offered to prove by one of its witnesses, that he had taken some of the goods found in the possession of the defendant and carried them to a storekeeper whose store had been burglarized, and that upon showing them to the storekeeper, he exclaimed that they were his goods. To the admission of these declarations, the defendant objected upon the ground that they were hearsay only, and were therefore not admissible. This objection was overruled by the court, and the testimony admitted.…