Case Name: J. S. Palmer v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-06-07
Citations: 62 Tex. Crim. 539
Docket Number: No. 1249
Parties: J. S. Palmer v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 62
Pages: 539–539

Head Matter:
J. S. Palmer v. The State.
No. 1249.
Decided June 7, 1911.
Carrying Pistol—Practice on Appeal—Ex parte Letter.
Where there are neither bills of exception nor attestment of facts in the record, the Appellate Court could not consider an ex parte letter written by the appellant, and must assume that the court submitted the law applicable to the case.
Appeal from the County Court of Palmer. Tried below before the Hon. A. M. Brumfield.
Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully carrying a pistol; penalty, a fine of $100.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted under an information and complaint charging him with unlawfully carrying a pistol, and upon conviction his punishment was assessed at a fine of $100.
There are neither bills of exception nor a statement of facts in the record. Attached to the record is a letter written by appellant in which he makes statements that would enlist the sympathy of anyone, but this court is bound by the rules of law, and we can not intentionally ignore the provisions of the law in regard to appeals and the filing of a statement of facts. The complaint and information being in proper form, we assume that the court submitted the law applicable to the case to the jury.
The judgment is affirmed. .
Affirmed.