Case Name: Fred Johnson v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-01-08
Citations: 69 Tex. Crim. 123
Docket Number: No. 2126
Parties: Fred Johnson v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 123–125

Head Matter:
Fred Johnson v. State.
No. 2126.
Decided January 8, 1913.
Rehearing Denied February 19, 1913.
1. —Murder—Statement of Facts—Practice on Appeal.
In the absence of a statement of facts, the sufficiency of the evidence and the rejection and admission of testimony and the charge of the court cannot be considered.
2. —Same—Jurisdiction—Transfer of Indictment.
Where the transfer of the indictment from one court to the other was made when the court to which the indictment was referred had the legal authority to acquire jurisdiction thereof, and the law authorized the filing of the papers in that' court, it assumed jurisdiction, and it was not necessary to the legal existence of said court that a term under it should have been held, the Act creating said court being effective at the time the papers were filed.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. Barry Miller.
Appeal from a conviction of murder in the second degree; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
M. T. Lively and Lightfoot, Brady & Robertson, for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of murder in the second degree, his punishment being assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.
Some of the grounds of the motion for new trial relate to the sufficiency of the evidence, which cannot be considered because the statement of facts is not before the court. Another ground of. the motion urges that the court erred in admitting and rejecting testimony. There being no bills of exceptions in the record, these matters cannot be considered. For the same reason the alleged errors in the charge cannot be regarded as erroneous. The charge as given is such as could be applicable to a state of facts provable under the allegations in the indictment.
The judgment is ordered to be affirmed.
Affirmed.