Case Name: Sam Adams v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-05-23
Citations: 94 Tex. Crim. 636
Docket Number: No. 7746
Parties: Sam Adams v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 94
Pages: 636–637

Head Matter:
Sam Adams v. The State.
No. 7746.
Decided May 23, 1923.
Rehearing Denied June 20, 1923.
1. —Burglary—Transcript—Practice on Appeal.
Where the caption to the transcript fails to show when the District Court convened or adjourned, a motion hy the State to dismiss must he sustained. Following Davis v. State, 88 Texas Crim. Rep., 183.
2. —Same—Statement of Facts — Bills of Exception.
Where the statement of facts does not appear to have ever been filed in the court below and then' sent to this court, and the bills of exception were not approved by the trial judge and filed, the same cannot be considered on appeal.
3. —Same—Rehearing—Certiorari—Bills of Exception.
Where the bills of exception are filed too late they cannot be considered on appeal, and this court will not compel a trial .judge by certiorari to approve bills of exception.
Appeal from the District Court of Cooke. Tried below before the Honorable C. R. Rearman. ■
Appeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
No brief on file for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
The caption to the transcript fails to show when court convened or adjourned. The assistant attorney general has filed a motion asking the dismissal of the appeals because of such omission. The motion must be sustained. - (See Lowrey v. State, 92 Texas Crim. Rep., 311, 244 S. W. Rep., 147; Mendosa v. State, 88 Tex. Cr. Rep., 84, 225 S. W. Rep., 169; Davis v. State, 88 Tex. Cr. Rep., 183, 225 S. W. Rep., 532.)
We find in the record a statement of facts signed by the attorneys and approved by the trial judge, on March 4th, 1923, but it is nowhere made to appear that it was ever filed in the court below. In felony cases the original statement of facts must be forwarded to this court. There are also what purports to be several bills of exception in the record. None of them bear the approval of the trial judge, and the transcript does not show any of them to have been filed in the trial court. We call attention to these matters in order that any errors or omissions may be corrected if appellant should desire the reinstatement of his appeal. The appeal is dismissed
Dismissed.