Strait v. State

Citations

• 43 Tex. 486

Syllabus

<p>1. Concessions under duress.—When a confession is made under duress under such circumstances as to render it inadmissible, yet if in the confession facts are revealed by means of which stolen property is traced, such facts may be considered in evidence by the jury, and also the confession itself; but no conviction can be had on such confession, except when shown by other testimony to be true.</p> <p>2. Selvidge v. The State, 30 Tex., 60, and Warren v. The State, 29 Tex., 369, discussed.</p>