Cortez v. State

Citations

• 24 Tex. Ct. App. 511
• 6 S.W. 546
• 1887 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 233

Syllabus

<p>Theft—Conspiracy—Evidence.—It is a general rule of evidence that the acts or declarations of a conspirator will not be admitted in evidence against his co-conspirator unless they were done or made pending the conspiracy, and were in furtherance of the common design. See the opinion in extenso on the question, and for a case in which the declarations of a co-conspirator were, under the rule announced, improperly admitted against the accused.</p>