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291 S.W. 549

Sewell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 6, 1926

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1926-10-06

Relies on 102 Tex. Crim. 5 - Norman v. State

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Decided 1926-10-06

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HAWKINS, J.

¶1Conviction is for murder; punishment being five years in the penitentiary.

¶2The record discloses that the trial was had before a special judge, but fails to show why or how he was selected, or that proper oath was administered. Article 556, C. C. P. 1925 Rev., and authorities noted under said article in Vernon’s C. C. P. vol. 1. See, also, Norman v. State, 102 Tex. Cr. R. 5, 277 S. W. 126, and authorities therein cited.

¶3The judgment must be reversed, and the cause remanded.

¶4On Motion for Rehearing.

¶5The state has filed its motion for rehearing and in connection therewith presents a supplemental transcript from the trial court, supplying an omission in the original transcript which required a reversal of the cause; hence the order of reversal will be set aside and the rehearing granted.

¶6No statement of facts nor bills of exception appear in the record. Application for continuance was presented and denied, and a number of special charges were requested and refused, but no exception seems to have been reserved to the court’s action in either instance. Even had exceptions been reserved, we would be in no position to review the questions intelligently because of the absence of the facts.

¶7In the condition of the record, nothing is presented for review, and the judgment is affirmed.

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