Case ID: sw_140/html/1104-01.html
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Author: {"author": "HARPER, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

ELLINGTON v. STATE.
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Oct. 25, 1911.
    Rehearing Denied Nov. 29, 1911.)
    T. Criminal Law (§ 598) — Continuance— Absence of Witnesses — Diligence.
    Failure to have subpoena issued for a witness shows lack of diligence precluding continuance on the ground of absent testimony.
    [Ed. Note. — -For Law, Cent. Dig. § 598.] other cases, see Criminal j 1335-1341; Dec. Dig. §
    2. Criminal Law (§ 1090) — Bill of Exceptions — Necessity.
    Admission of testimony is not reviewable in the absence of bill of exception.
    [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 2816; Dec. Dig. § 1090.]
    Appeal from District Court, Bosque County ; O. L. Lockett, Judge.
    Rome Ellington was convicted of cattle theft, and he appeals.
    Affirmed.
    See, also, 140 S. W. 1102.
    J. P. Word, for appellant. H. S. Dillard, Co. Atty., Cureton & Cureton, and C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
    
      
      For other oases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. &. Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes
    
   HARPER, J.

Appellant was indicted by 'the grand jury of Bosque county, charged with theft of cattle, and, on a trial being had, he was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary.

In his motion for a new trial appellant complains of the action of the court in overruling his application for a continuance. The court, in approving this bill, says no subpoena had ever issued for the witness in this cause, and from an inspection of the record it appears that the subpoena was issued in a different ease; consequently the court did not err in overruling the motion, as there was a total lack of diligence.

The appellant also complains in his motion that the court erred in admitting the testimony of the witnesses Price, Baldridge, and Parks. No bill of exceptions was reserved to the action of the court in admitting this testimony, consequently there is nothing presented for us to review.

Appellant also complains that the “court committed error in that part of the main charge wherein he defined who are principals. Said charge was not called for by the evidence, and was calculated to and did mislead the jury. The same was upon the weight of the testimony, and same is here now assigned as error.” This is rather a general suggestion of error, but from a careful reading of the charge, we fail to find any charge whatever on who are principals; consequently it cannot be upon the weight of the‘testimony, nor have misled the jury.

These are the only grounds stated in the motion, except it is claimed that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict. Prom a careful reading of the testimony, we think it sufficient.

The judgment is affirmed.