Morgan v. State

¶1Appellant was convicted of wife desertion.

¶2There is no statement of facts in the record. The record and affidavits before us show that the term of court at which appellant was convicted convened on July 5 and adjourned September 4, 1915; that Hon. C. C. Wren was the duly elected, qualified, and acting judge of said court at the time of this trial; that the trial occurred on July 9, 1915, before Judge Wren; that his motion for new trial was heard and overruled by Judge Wren on July 14, 1915, at which time appellant gave notice of appeal to this court, and Judge Wren allowed 20 days after adjournment to file bills of exceptions and a statement of facts; that Judge Wren thereafter, on July 16th, went off on a vacation and remained away until the latter part of August, 1915; that he then returned and remained in and about his office in the courthouse from that time continuously until he opened the September term of said court on the first Monday in September; that on July 16th, after Judge Wren left, Judge Snowball was properly elected to preside, and did do so, until the close of the July term. Judge Snowball did not preside nor have anything whatever to do with the trial of this cause. During Judge Wren’s absence, appellant’s attorneys presented to Judge Snowball several bills of exception in this case, which he approved, and which were filed. The record shows them. Under these circumstances, appellant’s bills of exceptions cannot be considered at all. Revised Civil Statutes, art. 2076. Richardson v. State, 71 Tex. Cr. R. 111, 158 S. W. 517; Porter v. State, 72 Tex. Cr. R. 71, 160 S. W. 1195 ; Allen v. State, 72 Tex. Cr. R. 277, 162 S. W. 868; Kaufman v. State, 72 Tex. Cr. R. 455, 163 S. W. 74.

¶3The judgment is therefore affirmed.