Case Name: GUNN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-01-26
Citations: 114 S.W.2d 903
Docket Number: No. 19224
Parties: GUNN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 114
Pages: 903–904

Head Matter:
GUNN v. STATE.
No. 19224.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 26, 1938.
Rehearing Denied March 30, 1938.
John T. Williamson, of Coleman, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for unlawfully passing a forged instrument; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The indictment appears regular and properly presented. No complaints of the rulings of the trial court have been presented by bills of exception.
The statement of facts accompanying the record fails to bear the approval of the judge who tried the case. Neither is it signed by counsel for appellant and for the State. The rule is well settled that the statement of facts must be approved by the trial judge in order to be considered by the appellate court. Article 760, subd. 2, C.C.P., as amended by Acts 1931, c. 11, § 1, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 760, subd. 2; arts. 2239, R.S.1925, as amended by Acts 1931, 1st Called Sess. c. 34, Vernon's Ann. Civ.St. art. 2239, and article 2243. See, also, Tex.Jur., vol. 4, p. 419, § 287; Lester v. State, 116 Tex.Cr.R. 350, 34 S.W.2d 862; Bass v. State, 117 Tex.Cr.R. 541, 35 S.W.2d 423; Bryant v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 43 S.W.2d 1097; Rose v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 75 S.W.2d 449.
In the absence of the statement of facts and bills of exception, nothing has been presented justifying a reversal of the conviction. The judgment is therefore affirmed.