Case Name: GARSEE v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-01-09
Citations: 258 S.W. 474
Docket Number: No. 8053
Parties: GARSEE v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 258
Pages: 474–475

Head Matter:
GARSEE v. STATE.
(No. 8053.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 9, 1924.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 20, 1924.)
1. Criminal law <&wkey;1095 — Statement and exceptions filed after time allowed stricken.
Where the statement of facts and bills of exception were filed after the time allowed by the court, and there is no order extending the time in the record, the statement and exceptions will be stricken out on motion by the state.
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Criminal law &wkey;»l 169(6) — Admission of evidence as to value of stolen car held not prejudicial.
In a prosecution for the theft of an automobile, admission of testimony, of the owner as to the sum he gave for it and its value at the time it was taken, if erroneous, did not injure defendant, where the jury gave him the lowest penalty for the crime, and the evidence amply supported his' guilt.
3. Witnesses <&wkey;359 — Where defendant admits former indictment, the indictment itself need not be produced.
In a prosecution for theft, that a bill of indictment was not produced before defendant was asked while on the witness stand if he had been indicted for felony did not constitute error, where the witness admitted that he had been so indicted.
4. Criminal law i&wkey;>598(2) — Not error to refuse continuance for absent witness.
The court did not err in refusing to grant a continuance for absent witnesses, where one of the witnesses was present, but was not placed on the stand, and the presence of another witness could have been secured during trial without difficulty, and no effort was made to secure the deposition of a witness who lived at a distance and whose testimony, if offered, would not have been admissible.
5. Criminal law <&wkey;730(l), 1171 (I) — Improper argument of prosecuting attorney held not reversible error, in view of court’s action, evidence, and law penalty.
That the argument of prosecuting attorney was improper did not constitute reversible error, where the court on motion of defendant instructed the jury not to consider such argument, and the testimony was overwhelmingly sufficient, and defendant received the lowest penalty for the crime.
6. Larceny <&wkey;55 — Evidence held to sustain conviction.
In a prosecution for the theft of an automobile, evidence AeM to sustain conviction.
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; Geo. C. O’Brien, Judge.
Lee Garsee was convicted of theft, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Howth & O’Eiel and Lamar Hart, all of Beaumont, for appellant.
Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover C. Morris, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Appellant was convicted in the district court of Jefferson county of felony theft, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.
The facts sufficiently support the judgment of guilty, and will not be set out at length. Appellant was tried at the March term of the Fifty-Eighth Judicial district court at Beaumont. His motion for new trial was overruled on April 8, 1923. As part of the order overruling said motion the court allowed 90 days from, said date in which to file statement of facts and bills of exception. There are six bills of exception, each of which appears to have been filed on July 25th. No order is in the record extending the time for filing such bills. The Assistant Attorney General moves to strike out the bills of exception because filed too late. The motion must be granted. The indictment is in regular form, and the charge of the court seems to sufficiently present the law of the case. Exceptions were prepared and presented to the charge of the court, but, in view of certain requested charges which were given, there is nothing in the exceptions.
No error appearing, an affirmance will b& ordered.
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