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Christopher v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 16, 1938
113 S.W.2d 919 (Tex. Crim. App. 1938)

Opinion

No. 19391.

Delivered February 16, 1938.

1. — Statement of Facts — Filing.

A statement of facts which bore no file mark of the clerk of trial court, as required by statute, would not be considered.

2. — Appeal — Affirmance.

Where the statement of facts could not be considered because it bore no file mark showing compliance with statute requiring filing thereof with clerk of trial court, and bills of exception found in the record could not be appraised in absence of the facts, conviction was affirmed.

Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2, Dallas County. Hon. Henry King, Judge.

Appeal from conviction for burglary; penalty, confinement in penitentiary for five years.

Affirmed.

The opinion states the case.

Horace H. Coffman, of Dallas, for appellant.

Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


Conviction is for burglary, punishment assessed being five years' confinement in the penitentiary.

The statement of facts found in the record bears no file mark of the Clerk of the trial court. Subdivision 2 of Art. 760, C. C. P. (1925), requires the same to be filed with the clerk of the trial court, and this court will not consider a statement of facts which fails to show that it was so filed. White v. State, 5 S.W.2d 510, and cases therein cited. See also 4 Tex. Jur., page 423, for citation of many additional authorities.

The bills of exception found in the record cannot be appraised in the absence of the facts. Not being able to consider the statement of facts the court is impelled to order an affirmance.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Christopher v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Feb 16, 1938
113 S.W.2d 919 (Tex. Crim. App. 1938)
Case details for

Christopher v. State

Case Details

Full title:WADE L. CHRISTOPHER v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Feb 16, 1938

Citations

113 S.W.2d 919 (Tex. Crim. App. 1938)
113 S.W.2d 919