Case Name: N. W. Gaston v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-03-08
Citations: 91 Tex. Crim. 252
Docket Number: No. 6734
Parties: N. W. Gaston v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 252–252

Head Matter:
N. W. Gaston v. The State.
No. 6734.
Decided March 8, 1922.
Forgery—Practice on Appeal—Approval of Statement of Facts.
In the absence of a statement of fact and a bill of exceptions, the purported statement of facts cannot be considered for the reason that it is not authenticated by agreement with the attorneys or the approval of the trial judge.
Appeal from the District Court of Cherokee. Tried below before the Honorable L. D. Guinn.
Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
John B. Guinn, for appellant.
B. G. Storey,- Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
—Conviction is for forgery; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
No fundamental errors appear. The record contains no bill of exceptions.
The purported statement of facts cannot be considered for the reason that it is not authenticated by agreement with the attorneys or approval of the trial judge. The approval of the trial judge is essential. Vernon's Texas Crim. Statutes, Vol. 2, p. 819, note 22, and cases listed.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.