Strait v. State

Roberts, Chief Justice.

Selridge v. The State, 30 Tex., 59, was a case quite similar to the one now before us, and is referred to as having decided the main question now presented. When confessions are made under such circumstances as to render them inadmissible, if in the confession “ facts and circumstances are disclosed which are proved to be true by other testimony and which conduce to establish the guilt of the accused, then such facts and circumstances are to be considered by the jury.” (Id., and Warren v. State, 29 Tex., 370.)

We understand these cases merely as holding that it is…