Walker v. State

Citations

• 9 Tex. Ct. App. 38

Syllabus

<p>1. Theft — Ownership. — Indictment for theft alleged the ownership of the stolen goods to be in S. & R, who, according to the evidence, were mercantile partners, who purchased the goods by order, and to whom they were consigned; but the freight-car was broken open and the good* stolen before delivery by the carrier to the consignees. Reid, that the ownership was properly alleged, and the evidence sustained the allegation.</p> <p>2. Confessions. — Verified and inculpatory disclosures voluntarily made by an uncautioned prisoner are evidence against him; but his other statements, though voluntary and parts of the same confession, are not.</p> <p>8. Same. — The fact that a prisoner had been threatened with personal violence does not disqualify his subsequent confession, voluntarily made, when he was entirely removed beyond and relieved from the influence of such threats.</p>