Case Name: JENKINS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-11-29
Citations: 141 S.W. 222
Docket Number: 
Parties: JENKINS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 141
Pages: 222–223

Head Matter:
JENKINS v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 29, 1911.)
1. Criminal Law (§ 1104 ) — Appeal and Error— SUFFICIENCY OF RECORD — STATEMENT of Facts.
Where, on an appeal of a criminal case, a statement of facts is not embodied in the transcript, it will not be reviewed.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2776, 2885, 2886; Dec. Dig. § 1104. ]
2. Indictment and Information (§ 17 ) — Sufficiency — Motion to Quash.
An indictment is sufficient as against a motion to quash, on the ground that it is mutilated, though drawn on two pieces of paper, pasted together, where it is probable that the grand jury took this method of having the hill prepared, instead of writing it in the usual way; there being no attempt to show that some one, other than they, was responsible for its condition.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Indictment and Information, Cent. Dig. § 89; Dec. Dig. § 17. ]
Appeal from Sabine County Court; T. R. Smith, Judge.
Charlie Jenkins was convicted of violating the local option law, and appeals.
Affirmed.
J. H. McGown and Goodrich & Lewis, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law.
The statement of facts is not embodied in the transcript, as required by the statute and decisions bearing upon this matter, and will not be considered.
There is a bill of exceptions in the record which recites that before appellant announced ready for trial he moved the court to quash the indictment, because it consisted of instruments, or portions of two instruments, pasted together; that is to say, that the indictment has a separate piece, cut from another and different instrument, pasted on the face of the indictment, supposedly to be used and read as a part of the indictment; that the indictment in its present condition is a mutilated instrument, pasted one upon the other, and that by reason of this condition the same is insufficient in law, and is void, because not in compliance with the terms of the statute; that by reason of the condition of said indictment defendant does not know who pasted the instruments together. The motion to quash upon this ground was overruled by the court, and a bill of exceptions taken. The niotion to quash the indictment seems to be omitted from tbe record. Therefore we are relegated to the face of the bill of exceptions to ascertain what occurred in regard to this matter. The record fails to show whether there was any investigation of the matter by the court, or any evidence introduced as to whether the indictment was the indictment in fact returned by tbe grand jury, or not. On its face the original instrument, which is before us, after alleging the formal parts of the indictment down to and including the expression, "did then and there unlawfully sell to Eddie Roberts," is written in regular form, and from that on the remainder pf the.indictment is on a piece of printed paper, which seems to have been cut from some other paper and pasted into the indictment; and following the last words above quoted, "sell to Eddie Roberts," these words occur, "intoxicating liquors, after an election had been held by the qualified voters of said county," etc., down to and including, "in the manner and form, and for the length of time required by law." Then follows the .regular form, "against the peace and dignity of the state," and the name of the foreman of the grand jury. While this is rather unusual, at least so far as we are aware, in the manner of writing an indictment, or preparing it, still it is not shown, or attempted to be shown, that this was not done by the grand jury, and that they took this method of writing the bill, or having it prepared, instead of writing it in the usual way. If the foreman of the grand jury filed the indictment as thus prepared, and returned it in this manner into court, there is no sufficient reason why the indictment should be quashed. It is rather a novel way of preparing an indictment, yet, if the grand jury prepared the indictment in this condition, and returned it into court, it would constitute no reason why it should be quashed. Under such circumstances, it would be the act of that body, and valid.
The other matters complained of in the motion for new trial cannot be reviewed, in the absence of a statement of the facts.
The judgment is affirmed.