Case Name: YARBROUGH v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1943-05-12
Citations: 172 S.W.2d 345
Docket Number: No. 22492
Parties: YARBROUGH v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 172
Pages: 345–346

Head Matter:
YARBROUGH v. STATE.
No. 22492.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 12, 1943.
Rehearing Denied June 23, 1943.
Clifford Graves, of Paducah, for appellant.
Spurgeon E. Bell, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for robbery by assault, with punishment assessed at five years in the state penitentiary.
The injured party identified the appellant as one of three persons who, after assaulting him, robbed him of approximately $55. The jury, being the exclusive judge of the facts, was, notwithstanding appellant's denial, authorized to believe the testimony of the injured party. Appellant's contention that the facts are insufficient to support the jury's conclusion of guilt is overruled.
A report of the robbery was made to the Sheriff of King County, who, as a result thereof, in company with the Sheriff of Cottle County, contacted the appellant, at his home; and, in -the course of the conversation between them, the appellant admitted his guilty connection with the robbery.
Appellant objected to .the receipt in evidence of this testimony because he was under arrest at the time and because he was not duly warned as required by the statute relative confessions. The qualification to the bill of exception presenting this matter shows that, at the time the appellant made the statement to the officers, he was not under arrest. The facts support the correctness of this qualification. The appellant having accepted the bill of exception as thus qualified, he is bound thereby. The testimony was admissible as a declaration by the accused against interest.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.