Holmes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. G-. H. Noonan. This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary, the punishment assessed being a term of two years in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. G-. H. Noonan. This is an appeal from a conviction for burglary, the punishment assessed being a term of two years in the penitentiary. As illustrative of the question discussed in the opinion, it is only necessary to reproduce the testimony of James Bowen, who, being sworn in behalf of the State, testified: T am a city detective; have been on the detective force since the 17th day of March, 1893; prior to that time I was on the police force of the city of San Antonio for about seven years. As a policeman I wore a uniform, and…
1Opinion of the Court
SIMKINS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of burglary, and his punishment assessed at two years in the State penitentiary.
The only question that need be considered is, did the court err in admitting the confession of appellant ? The State witness Bowen was a detective, and had been a policeman. Obtaining a description of the property burglarized from the Dodic store, he met a boy with a coat stolen— not, however, from the store. On asking where he got it, he was carried by the boy to appellant, as the one from whom he received it. While-questioning appellant about it, he recognized the pants and…
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