Andrews v. State

Citations

• 25 Tex. Ct. App. 339
• 8 S.W. 328
• 1888 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 58

Syllabus

<p>Theft—Possession of Recently Stolen Property—Evidence.— Possession of the alleged stolen property was the sole proof relied upon for a conviction. The evidence as to what was the explanation of the accused, when his right of possession was first called in question was conflicting, and the accused proposed to prove his second explanation, which he was not permitted to do. Held that, in view of the facts that the State’s witnesses contradicted each other on the question, and that the proposed second explanation of the accused was corroborative of his first explanation as testified to by his witnesses, the proposed evidence should have been reeieved.</p>