Case Name: LAWSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1915-10-13
Citations: 179 S.W. 557
Docket Number: No. 3681
Parties: LAWSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 179
Pages: 557–557

Head Matter:
LAWSON v. STATE.
(No. 3681.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 13, 1915.)
Criminal Law <&wkey;1090 — Record on Appeal —New Trial.
Where the record on appeal contains neither statement of facts nor bills of exceptions, but there is a motion for a new trial based upon erroneous ruling on facts and evidence, no question is presented which can be reviewed by the court, since a statement of the evidence is necessary for ruling on the motion.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2653, 2789, 2803-2822, 2825-2827, 2927, 2928, 2948, 3204; Dec. Dig. &wkey; 1090.]
Appeal from District Court, Shelby County; W. C. Buford, Judge.
Sirs. S. E. Lawson was convicted of violating the local option law, and she appeals.
Affirmed.
See, also, 179 S. W. 557.
C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DAYIDSON, J.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law; her punishment being assessed at one year's confinement in the penitentiary.
This record is before us without a statement of facts or bill of exceptions. There are two grounds set up in the motion for new trial why the judgment is erroneous: First, that the court erred in refusing defendant's motion to return a verdict of not guilty for the want of sufficient evidence, because it is shown that the prosecuting witness, Payne, was drunk at the time of the transaction charged against appellant, and to such an extent that his mind was incapable of stating sufficient facts connectedly that show a sale, and the other evidence showed there was in law no sale of intoxicating liquors by defendant to Payne. Second ground of the motion is that the verdict is not sustained by the evidence and is contrary to the law. In the absence of the evidence, we are unable to revise these two grounds.
As the matter is presented, the judgment will be affirmed.