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12 S.W.2d 1023

Martinez v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 16, 1929

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1929-01-16

Decided 1929-01-16

MORROW, P. J.

¶1Assault with intent to murder is the offense; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

¶2The record is here without a statement of facts and bills of exceptions.

¶3The only point presented for review is the overruling of the motion for new trial. In the motion there is an averment that the jury had separated after retirement and before the verdict, and that one of the jurors during the separation had talked to an outsider. An affidavit is attached to the motion' supporting the averment. In the judgment overruling the motion for new trial, however, it is recited that evidence was heard. In the absence of the evidence that was adduced on the hearing of the motion, the presumption is indulged that the facts before the trial court at the time the motion was overruled were such as authorized the action taken.

¶4The judgment is affirmed.

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