Case Name: FARRIS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-02-19
Citations: 209 S.W. 665
Docket Number: No. 5282
Parties: FARRIS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 209
Pages: 665–666

Head Matter:
FARRIS v. STATE.
(No. 5282.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 19, 1919.
On Motion for Rehearing, March 19, 1919.)
1. Criminal Law @=1092(8) — Appeal—Exceptions Filed Late.
The Court of Criminal Appeals cannot consider a bill of exceptions filed November 30th under an order of October 30th,i extending the time 30 days from date, which expired November 29th.
2. Criminal Law @=1090(14) — Appeal — Bill os Exceptions — Refusal op Instruction.
In absence of bill of exceptions reserved to failure to give charge not showing from contents or anything connected with it whether it was presented to court before or after main charge or after case was concluded, Court of Criminal Appeals cannot consider action of trial court.
3. Criminal Law @=1090(8,11) — Appeal-Absence of Bill of Exceptions.
Court of Criminal Appeals cannot consider alleged errors in introduction of evidence and errors committed by the court on trial, where none are brought up by proper bill of exceptions.
On Motion for Rehearing.
4. Criminal Law @=1054(1), 1092(4) — Appeal —Evidence—Bill of Exceptions.
If defendant desired to object to introduction of testimony, it was his duty to have excepted to such action, and to have embodied exception in bill approved and filed within 30 days after adjournment of court, or else to have brought before Court of Criminal Appeals, in a legal way, some sufficient excuse.
5. Criminal Law @=1056(2) — Appeal—Reservation — Exceptions—Instructions.
Where no exception was taken to charge despite express provision of statute that if there is an objection which defendant desires to present on appeal he must make his objection known in writing before the charge is read to the jury, defendant cannot come before Court of Criminal Appeals for first time and attempt to argue incorrectness of charge.
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Dallas County; C. A. Fippen, Judge.
Isaac Farris was convicted of murder, and appeals.
Affirmed.
Will S. Payne, of Dallas, for appellant.
E. A. Berry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
In this case appellant is charged by indictment in criminal district court No. 2 of Dallas county with the offense of murd.er, and upon his trial was found guilty and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.
There appears but one bill of exceptions in the record and the court is without authority to consider same because it was filed too late in the trial court. On the 30th of October, 1917, the court made an order extending the time for filing the statement of facts and bill of exceptions for 30 days "from that date." This time expired on the 29th day of November, and the bill of exceptions was filed November 30th, and, it being too late, this court cannot consider same.
No exception was taken to the charge of the court on the trial, and but one special charge asked, which does not show from its contents, or anything connected therewith, whether it was presented to the court before or after the main charge or after the case was concluded. There was no bill of exceptions reserved to the failure of the trial court to give this charge from which we can get any such information, and we cannot, therefore, consider the action of the trial court in refusing to give said special charge.
Various matters are complained of in the motion for new trial; but as they are mostly with regard to the introduction of evidence and errors committed by the court on the trial, and none of them are brought to this court by proper bills of exceptions, the court therefore cannot consider same.
No reversible errors appearing in the record, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed.
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