Carr v. State

Appellant was convicted of the offense of “attempting to distill prohibited liquors,” etc.

'What was said by the defendant at the time of his arrest, at the scene, and upon the occasion, of the alleged crime, was admissible as a part of the res gestse. Barfield et al. v. State, 97 So. 378, 19 Ala. App. 374; Turner v. State, 85 So. 849, 17 Ala. App. 514. True, these statements were in the nature of a confession or an admission of guilt, but this in no wise alters the propriety of their admission in evidence under the principle named," even though there had been first offered no sufficient…