Case Name: BLALOCK v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-03-03
Citations: 281 S.W. 210
Docket Number: No. 9880
Parties: BLALOCK v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 281
Pages: 210–210

Head Matter:
BLALOCK v. STATE.
(No. 9880.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 3, 1926.)
Seb. P. Caldwell, of Mt. Pleasant, for appellant.
■ Sahi. D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Nat ..Gentry, Jr., Asst. State’s Atty., of Tyler, for the State.

Opinion:
BERRY, J.
The offense is manufacturing intoxicating liquor, and the punishment is one year in the penitentiary.
Appellant by his bills of exceptions Nos. 1 and 3 objects to the introduction of a statement made by him to the officers upon the ground,that he was under arrest. The statement was'made, just after he was arrested and while he was at the still where the liquor in question was being manufactured. It sheds light on the transaction under investigation, and, being made before he left the scene where the offense was committed and coincident with its commission, it was admissible as a part of the res gestse. Coburn v. State, 255 S. W. 613, 96 Tex. Cr. R. 25; Calloway v. State, 244 S. W. 549, 92 Tex. Cr. R. 506; Plunk v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 274 S. W. 156.
By various other bills of exceptions appellant complains at the introduction of testimony by the officers, to the effect that they found one Paul Riddle about 100 yards from the still, and also found a lot of fruit jars out where Paul Riddle was. The objection is that no connection was or had been shown between Riddle and the still or between Riddle and the fruit jars. ' We think the objection to this testimony was properly overruled. It was admissible to show the different parties who were presént and in the immediate vicinity where the offense was alleged to have been committed.
Finding no error in the record, the judgment is in all things 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.