Amos v. State

There was no error in allowing the witness Brand to testify to the receipt of the postal card from Moore saying he had no money belonging to defendant. Standing alone the card would have been only the hearsay statement of Moore and as such inadmissible. But in connection with the other evidence tending to show that the defendant upon reading it virtually admitted its contents by saying that he had lied about having money in Moore’s hands, the card was clearly admissible as giving point and meaning to the admission. Admission of criminating facts by a defendant and likewise statements made to…