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239 S.W.2d 630

McDaniel v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1951-05-23

Decided 1951-05-23

WOODLEY, Commissioner.

¶1The conviction is for driving an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated, the jury having assessed a $100 fine as punishment.

¶2There is found in the record what appears to be a photostatic copy of a statement of facts herein.

¶3Art. 760(2), Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., provides that the statement of facts shall be filed in duplicate with the clerk, and the original sent up as a part of the record of the cause on appeal. As amended in 1931, the provisions of this section apply to misdemeanor cases as well as to felonies.

¶4The instrument filed in this court not being an original statement of fact bearing.the approval of the trial judge, we are not authorized to consider the same.

¶5The bills of exception relate to matters of evidence and argument,' which, in the absence of a statement of facts, cannot be appraised.

¶6Other procedure appears to be regular.

¶7The judgment is affirmed.

¶8Opinion approved by the Court.

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