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Author: {"author": "CHRISTIAN, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

SCOTT v. STATE.
    (No. 11780.)
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    May 9, 1928.
    1. Criminal law <3=1092(8), 1099(7) — Accused held not to have excused failure to file state» ment of facts and bills of exception within statutory time.
    Accused held not'to have excused his failure to file statement of facts and hills' of exception within time required by law, where he alleged that district judge was out of district at time he prepared same, but did not show what effort he made to prepare same and secure approval pri- or to that date, and failed to show that trial judge was inaccessible.
    2. Criminal law <&wkey;1092(7), 1099(6) — Statement of facts and bills of exception filed more than ninety days after notice of appeal cannot be considered by appellate court (Code Cr. Proc. 1925, art. 760, § 5)-.
    Under Code Cr. Proc. 1925, art. 760, § 5, statement of facts and bills of exception filed more than 90 days after notice of appeal is given cannot be considered by Court of Criminal Appeals.
    Commissioners’ Decision.
    Appeal from District Court, Rains County; Grover Sellers, Judge.
    Hogg Scott was convicted for possessing for the purpose of sale potable liquors containing in excess of 1 per cent, of alcohol by volume, and he appeals.
    Affirmed.
    Garrett & Berzett, of Emory, for appellant.
    A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.
   CHRISTIAN, J.

The offense is the possession for the purpose of sale of potable liquors containing in excess of 1 per cent, of alcohol by volume; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for 18 months.

Motion for new trial was overruled December 20, 1927, and notice of appeal given on the same day. Appellant was allowed 90 days within which to prepare and have filed his bills of exception and statement of facts. The statement of facts and bills of exception were filed on March 29, 1928. The transcript contains a motion for leave to file the statement of facts and bills of exception, wherein appellant’s attorney alleges, in substance, that on the 16th day of March, 1928, he had prepared the statement of facts and bills of exception; that the district judge was then holding court in Greenville, Tex.; that on said date appellant’s counsel carried the statement of facts and bills of exception .to Greenville for the purpose of being signed and approved by the trial judge; that upon arrival in the city of Greenville he learned that the trial judge was at the time out of the district and would not return until March 19, 1928; that the district attorney approved and signed the statement of-facts on March 16, 1928; that, if the trial judge had been in the city of Greenville on the 16th of March, appellant’s counsel would have presented the statement of facts and bills of exception to him for approval.

The state’s attorney insists that appellant has not excused his failure to file the statement of facts and bills of exception in the time required by law. We think this contention must be sustained. Appellant fails to show what effort he made to prepare the statement of facts afid bills of exception and secure the approval thereof prior to the 16th of March. He fails to show the whereabouts of the trial judge on the 16th of March and that he was inaccessible on that date. Hence the motion to strike the statement of facts and bills of exception from the record is well taken.

A statement of facts and bills of exception filed more than 90 days after notice of appeal is given cannot be considered by this court. Rudolph v. State, 107 Tex. Cr. R. 628, 298 S. W. 434; section 5, art. 760, C. C. P. 1925.

We may add that the transcript contains only two bills of exception. If they were entitled to consideration, a reversal would not result, as reversible error is not manifested.

The judgment is affirmed.

PER CURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals'has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and approved by the court.