Case Name: Herschel Foster v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-05-08
Citations: 67 Tex. Crim. 5
Docket Number: No. 1760
Parties: Herschel Foster v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 5–8

Head Matter:
Herschel Foster v. The State.
No. 1760.
Decided May 8, 1912.
Rehearing granted June 6, 1912.
1. —Aggravated Assault—Recognizance.
Where the appeal was dismissed for a defective recognizance, but a new recognizance as provided by law was filed the appeal was reinstated.
2. —Same—Bill of Exceptions.
In the absence of a bill of exceptions, objections to the admissibility of testimony can not be considered on appeal.
3. —Same—Charge of Court—Manslaughter.
Where, upon trial of murder, the defendant was convicted of aggravated assault, an objection to the court’s refusal to give charges relating to manslaughter will not be considered on appeal.
4. —Same—Self-Defense—Charge of Court.
Where, upon trial for murder, the defendant was convicted of aggravated assault and the evidence showed that defendant first struck the deceased in self-defense, the court should have submitted the question of defendant’s right to continue to act in self-defense as long as it reasonably appeared to him to be necessary, and if he ceased to so act as soon as he learned that the necessity had ceased to acquit the defendant.
5. —Same—Charge of Court—Deadly Weapon.
Where the evidence showed that deceased fired with a pistol and that then defendant struck her, the court should have charged article 676, Penal Code.
Appeal from the District Court of Potter. Tried below before the Hon. J. H. Browning.
Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault; penalty, a fine of $450.
The opinion states the case.
Cooper, Merrill & Lumpkin, for appellant.
On question of the court’s failure to submit article 676, Penal Code: Jones v. State, 17 Texas Crim. App., 603; Cochran v. State, 38 Texas Crim. App., 433; Yardley v. State, 50 Texas Crim. Rep., 647.
On question of court’s charge on self-defense: Clark v. State, 56 Texas Crim. Rep., 395; Renow v. State, 56 Texas Crim. Rep., 343.
On question of court’s refusal of defendant’s special charge: Jones v. State, 44 Texas Crim. Rep., 408; Sargent v. State, 33 id., 338; Scott v. State, 46 id., 313; Rice v. State, 54 id., 150; Crenshaw v. State, 48 id., 77; Carson v. State, 57 id., 396; Swain v. State, 48 Texas Crim. Rep., 104.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was indicted, charged with murder and was convicted of an aggravated assault. The recognizance is not in compliance with the law relating either to a felony or misdemeanor conviction, and the motion of the Assistant Attorney-General to dismiss must be sustained.
Appeal dimissed.
Dismissed.