Case Name: PETTERSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-11-26
Citations: 216 S.W. 186
Docket Number: No. 5575
Parties: PETTERSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 216
Pages: 186–186

Head Matter:
(86 Tex. Cr. R. 265)
PETTERSON v. STATE.
(No. 5575.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 26, 1919.)
Criminal law <©=>1120(8) — Bill not presenting ERROR IN ADMISSION OF CONFESSION.
In a prosecution for theft, a bill of exceptions against the admission of testimony claimed to have been in the nature of a confession made while under arrest, unaccompanied by the statutory formalities, which fails to show that defendant was under arrest at the time, and does not sufficiently show the surrounding facts to advise the Court of Criminal Appeals of the materiality of the evidence sought to be excluded, presents no error.
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Bowie County; P. A. Turner, Judge.
Willie Petterson was convicted of theft, and appeals.
Affirmed.
Alvin M. Owsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, J.
The appellant was convicted of theft. The evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction.
The only other point suggested for review is in a bill of exception prepared by the court. It is directed against the admission of testimony claimed to have been in the nature of a confession, made while under arrest and not accompanied with the formalities required by statutes. The bill as presented fails to show that the appellant was under arrest at the timé she made the statement complained of, and does not show sufficiently the surrounding facts to advise this court of the materiality of the evidence which the appellant sought to exclude. The stolen property obtained from appellant was identified by other witnesses, and she on the witness stand —as we understand her testimony — admitted the possession of it, but claimed to have gotten it by purchase.
Finding no error disclosed in the record, the judgment is affirmed.