Case Name: Ed Roch v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1909-05-19
Citations: 56 Tex. Crim. 557
Docket Number: No. 3997
Parties: Ed Roch v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 557–559

Head Matter:
Ed Roch v. The State.
No. 3997.
Decided May 19, 1909.
Rehearing Denied June 23, 1909.
1. —Assault to Murder—Statement of Facts—Certificate—Practice on Appeal.
Where upon appeal the appellant filed a motion for rehearing, attaching proper certificate of the clerk showing that the statement of facts had been filed in time, the same will be considered on appeal.
2. —Same—Evidence—Animus of Defendant.
Upon trial for assault to murder there was no error in admitting in evidence a statement made by the defendant some two years before the commission of the offense, to th'e effect that if the injured party had come to his, defendant’s, house he would have taken down his shotgun and shot him.
3. —Same—Evidence—Threats.
Where upon trial for assault to murder the State attempted to introduce certain threats by defendant against the injured party made more than a year prior to the offense, and then upon objection of defendant withdrew the same, the court instructing the jury not to consider said testimony, there was no error.
4. —Same—Evidence—Criminal Intent.
Upon trial for assault to murder there was no error in admitting in evidence testimony that the defendant heard the cries of the injured party, whom he had shot a short while before, and did not go to his assistance.
Appeal from the District Court of Comanche. Tried below before the Hon. J. H. Arnold.
Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault; penalty, a fine of $400.
The opinion states the case.
C. T. Wilkinson and Calloway & Calloway, for appellant.
F. J. McCord, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault and his punishment assessed at a fine of $400.
This is the second appeal of this case. For former appeal see 52 Texas Crim. Rep., 48.
The Assistant Attorney-General files a motion to strike out the statement of facts on the ground that same was not filed in the court below. The motion is sustained, the record showing the accuracy of- the insistence. In the absence of statement of facts there is nothing in this record authorizing a review, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.