Case Name: Jim Flowers v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-04-30
Citations: 98 Tex. Crim. 253
Docket Number: No. 8200
Parties: Jim Flowers v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 98
Pages: 253–254

Head Matter:
Jim Flowers v. The State.
No. 8200.
Decided April 30, 1924.
Rehearing denied, October 29, 1924.
Unlawfully Carrying Pistol — Bills of Exception — Must File in Time.
Bills of exception filed after the time granted by trial court will not he considered. Merely delivering bills of exception to trial court, does not constitute filing. See sec. 219 Branch’s Ann. P. C. This rule also applies to filing of statement of facts.
Appeal from the County Court of Dallas County at Law No. 1. Tried below before the Hon. W. N. Coombes, Judge.
Appeal from a conviction for unlawfully carrying a pistol; penalty, fine of one hundred dollars.
Claud M. McCallum, for appellant.
Tom Garrard, State’s Attorney, and Grover C. Morris, Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— 'The offense is the unlawful carrying of a pistol; punishment fixed at a fine of two hundred dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of seven months.
The term of court in which the judgment was rendered terminated on May 23, 1923. On June 21st following, the court extended the time for filing the bills of exception until thirty days after June 23rd. The bills of exception were filed on August 3rd.
One of the bills complains of the misconduct, of the jury. Such a bill of exception, to authorize consideration, should have been filed during the term in which the trial took place. All of the bills should have been filed within the time designated in the court's order of extension, namely, within thirty days from June 23d. That they were filed subsequent to this time precludes their consideration upon this appeal, there being nothing in the record explaining or excusing the delay.
A recital of the evidence is not necessary. Suffice it to say that it is sufficient to support the verdict.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.