Case Name: TURNER v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1916-04-12
Citations: 186 S.W. 322
Docket Number: No. 4036
Parties: TURNER v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 186
Pages: 322–323

Head Matter:
TURNER v. STATE.
(No. 4036.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 12, 1916.
On. Motion for Rehearing, May 3, 1916. Rehearing Denied May 31, 1916.)
1. Criminal Law &wkey;1099(10) — Appeal and Error — Record — Statement op Eaots — Signing.
To be of any validity whatever, the statement of facts must be approved and signed by the trial judge.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Í699(ionnt' Dis‘ § 2873; Dec- r)is' ^
2. Criminal Law &wkey;1144(14) — Appeal and Error — Review—Presumption.
In the absence of a statement of facts, if the charge of the court 'below is applicable to any state of facts that might have been proven under the indictment, the Court of Criminal Appeals will presume the trial court1 submitted to the jury the law, and all the lawi applicable to the testimony.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2767, 2901, 3032; Dec. Dig. ;&wkey;1144(14); Jury, Cent. Dig. §§ 306, 330, 347,
On Motion for Rehearing.
3. Homicide <&wkey;292(4) — Assault to Murder —Instruction.
Upon trial for assault to murder, where accused did not know at the time that the alleged assaulted persons were officers or intending to arrest him, it was not error to refuse a special charge as to the illegality of the attempted arrest or warrant.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Homicide, Cent. Dig. § 600; Dec. Dig. <§=292(4).]
• 4. Homicide <&wkey;310(2) — Assault to Murder — Instruction.
In such case, where appellant used a rifle at close range, claiming the assaulted persons menaced him with a gun, a charge on the issue of aggravated assault was not required.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Homicide, Cent. Dig. § 658; Dec. Dig. &wkey;310(2).]
Appeal from District Court, Colorado County; M. Kennon, Judge.
Sanford Turner was convicted of assault to murder, and appeals.
Affirmed.
E. T. Simmang, of Giddings, for appellant. C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Appellant was convicted of assault to murder, and his punishment assessed at ten years' confinement in the state penitentiary.
The only bills of exception in the record complain of the action of the court in failing to give several special charges requested by appellant. There is with the record what purports to be a statement of the evidence had on the trial of the case, but it does not show to have ever been presented to the trial judge, and it is not approved nor signed by him. To be of any validity whatever, the statement of facts must be approved and signed by the trial judge. Lawrence v. State, 7 Tex. App. 192;. Bennett v. State, 16 Tex. App. 236; Johnson v. State, 29 Tex. 492; Hurst v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 196, 45 S. W. 573; and cases cited under section 1169, White's Ann. C. C. P. With no statement of the evidence we are authorized to consider, we cannot pass upon whether the special charges should have been given; for, in the absence of a statement of facts, if the charge is applicable to any state of facts that might be proven under the indictment, this court must presume the trial court submitted to the jury the law, and all the law, applicable to the testimony. Wright v. State, 37 Tex. Cr. R. 146, 38 S. W. 1004, and cases cited under section 1170, White's Ann. C. C. P.
The judgment is affirmed.
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