Case Name: FITZHUGH v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-11-12
Citations: 160 S.W. 710
Docket Number: 
Parties: FITZHUGH v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 160
Pages: 710–711

Head Matter:
FITZHUGH v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 12, 1913.)
Criminal Daw (§ 1114 ) —Appeal — Questions Presented for Review-Limitation by Scope oe Record.
Where the only ground assigned in the motion for a new trial of a criminal case is that the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence, and there is neither a statement of facts nor bills of exception in the record, no question is presented for review.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2918, 2921; Dec. Dig'. § 1114. ]
Appeal from Dallas County Court, at Law; W. F. Whitehurst, Judge.
Ed. E. Fitzhugh, Jr., was convicted of swindling in an amount less than $50, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For other cases see same topic and section N UMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key-No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Appellant was convicted of swindling, in an amount less than $50, a misdemeanor.
There is neither a statement of facts nor bills of exception in the record. The only ground assigned in the motion for a new trial is, "because the verdict is contrary to the law and the evidence." In the absence of a statement of facts there is nothing presented for review.
The judgment is affirmed.