Case Name: TIPPINS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-11-12
Citations: 217 S.W. 380
Docket Number: No. 5532
Parties: TIPPINS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 217
Pages: 380–382

Head Matter:
(86 Tex. Cr. R. 205)
TIPPINS v. STATE.
(No. 5532.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 12, 1919.
On State’s Motion for Rehearing, Nov. 26, 1919.
On Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing, Jan. 14, 1920.)
1. Criminal law <&wkey;l086(13) — No review in ABSENCE OF JUD&MENT ON VERDICT.
An appeal by one found guilty of being a delinquent cannot be entertained where the appellate court cannot find in the record any judgment on the verdict of the jury, or any order of the court directing the disposition to be made of the accused, under Code Cr. Proc. 1911, art. 1197, as amended by Acts 35th Leg. 4th Called Sess. (1918) c. 26, and Vernon’s Ann. Code Cr. Proc. 1916, arts. 853-868.
On State’s Motion for Rehearing.
2. Criminal law &wkey;>1131(7) — Dismissal of APPEAL SET ASIDE ON PERFECTION OF RECORD.
Where an appeal was dismissed because -no judgment on the verdict or any order of the court directing the disposition to be made of the accused could be found in the record, the dismissal will be set aside when the record is perfected.
8. Criminal law <&wkey;1090(7) — Order denting CONTINUANCE NOT REVIEWABLE IN ABSENCE OF BILL OF EXCEPTIONS.
Where no bill of exceptions was reserved complaining 'of the overruling of a motion for continuance, and disclosing the reasons upon which the action was based, the question cannot be reviewed.
4. Criminal law <&wkey;>211(4) — Complaint CHARGING DELINQUENCY NEED NOT ALLEGE THAT ACCUSED WAS NEGRO-.
Complaint charging delinquency need not allege that the child is white or black because a separate place of confinement is provided for negro delinquents, under Code Cr. Proc. 1911, arts. 1195-1207, Vernon’s Ann. Code Cr. Proc. 1916, arts. 853-868, and Acts 35th Leg. 4th Called Sess. (1918) c. 26.
5. Criminal law &wkey;961, 1184 — Improper DESIGNATION OF PLACE OF CONFINEMENT CORRECTED UPON MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL OR APPEAL.
If the proper place of confinement is not designated in a judgment finding one guilty of being a delinquent child, it may be corrected upon a motion for new trial or on appeal.
On Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing.
6. Infants <&wkey;16 — Child violating ant LAW A “DELINQUENT.”
Under Code Cr. 'Proc. 1911, art. 1197, as amended by Acts 35th Leg. 4th Called Sess. (1918) c. 26, a child under 17 years of age who “violates any law of the state” is a delinquent child, and the fact that defendant child made an assault upon a female child calculated to inflict shame and disgrace brought the case within the Delinquent Child Act, whether the assault was aggravated or simple.
[Ed. Note. — Por other definitions^ see Words and Phrases, Hirst and Second Series, Delinquent Child.]
7. Constitutional law &wkey;>70(3) — Justness OF STATUTE LEGISLATIVE QUESTION.
Whether or not a statute is a proper one and should be changed is a legislative, and not a judicial question, and, while a statute stands unchanged, the court must enforce it as it finds it.
Appeal from Tarrant County Court; Hugh L. Small, Judge.
Bennie Tippins was convicted of being a delinquent child, and appeals.
Affirmed.
Dee Estes and Gillespie & Prichard, all of Et. Worth, for appellant.
Alvin M. Owsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, J.
The appellant was tried as .a delinquent child, was found guilty by a jury, filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and notice of appeal given. We fail to find in the record any judgment on the verdict of the jury, or any order of the court directing the disposition to be made of the appellant. In this state pf the record, we think we are without jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. This is a criminal proceeding. See article 1197, tit. 17, as amended in the Acts of the Thirty-Fifth Legislature, Fourth Called Session, c. 26. The requisite of a judgment sufficient to support an appeal will be found in Vernon's Texas Criminal Statutes, vol, 2, tit. 9, c. 3, p. 847.
Because of the absence of the final judgment, the appeal is dismissed.
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