Case Name: FARRELL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-10-18
Citations: 141 S.W. 535
Docket Number: 
Parties: FARRELL v. STATE.
Judges: DAVIDSON, P. J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 141
Pages: 535–536

Head Matter:
FARRELL v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 18, 1911.
On Motion for Rehearing, Dec. 20, 1911.)
1. Criminal Law (§ 1099 ) — Statement of Facts — Requisites.
A statement of facts in county court misdemeanor cases must be filed within the statutory time, and made a part of the record as certified to by the clerk; the stenographer’s act for felony cases not being applicable.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2866-2880; Dec. Dig. § 1099. ]
2. Criminal Law (§ 1097 ) — Questions Reviewable — Statement of Facts.
In the absence of a statement of facts, the court on appeal may not review the giving or refusal of instructions on various phases of the evidence.
'[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 2941; Dec. Dig. § 1097. ]
3. Indictment and Information (§ 110 )— Disoedebly House — Following Language of Statute.
An indictment for keeping a bawdyhouse, which substantially follows the form for an indictment laid down in the Penal Code, is sufficient.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Indictment and Information, Cent. Dig. §§ 289-294; Dec. Dig. á HO. ]
4. Disoedebly House (§ 12 ) — Offenses — Statutes.
Under Pen. Code. 1895, arts. 359, 361, as amended by Acts 30th Leg. c. 132, defining a bawdyhouse, and punishing any person who directly, or as agent for another, keeps, or assists in keeping, a bawdyhouse, etc., a tenant of a house, who keeps the house as a bawdyhouse, is guilty of a criminal offense; and an indictment, charging the offense, need not allege that he knowingly permitted the keeping of the house.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Disorderly House, Cent. Dig. §§ 14-19; Dec. Dig. § 12. ]
5. Disoedebly House (§ 12 ) — Indictment-Requisites.
An indictment, charging accused with keeping 'a bawdyhouse, which specifically charges that the house was in the county in which the indictment was found, need not give any further description of the location of the house.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Disorderly House, Cent. Dig. §§ 14-19; Dec. Dig. § 12. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
6. Cbiminal Law (§ 1110 ) — Record—Correction of Record — Certiorari.
Under Court of Criminal Appeals rule 2 (31 Tex. Cr. R. 652, 102 Tex. xxxvi, 67 S. W. xx), and Courts of Civil Appeals rules 8, 11 (102 Tex. xxvi, xxvii, 67 S. W. xiv), providing that motions for certiorari to perfect the record on appeal must be filed before the day on which the cause is set for hearing, it is too late, after submission and decision, to complete the record by certiorari, where accused through his attorney knew before and at the time of the submission of- the defects in the rgcord.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Dee. Dig. § 1110. ]
Appeal from Wichita County Court; M. F. Yeager, Judge.
N. G. Farrell was convicted of crime, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Brooks & Brooks, for appellant. O.- 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:
PRENDERGAST, J.
On July 7, 1910, the grand jury of Wichita county indicted appellant, charging, after the formal part, that on or about July 1, 1910, in Wichita county, appellant "was then and there the lessee and tenant of a certain house, then and there situate, which said house he did then and there unlawfully keep and was concerned in keeping as a house for the purpose of prostitution, and where prostitutes were permitted to resort and reside for the purpose of plying their vocation," then concluding as the statute requires. The case was tried October 12, 1910, before a jury, and appellant was convicted, with the penalty of $200 fine and 20 days' confinement in the county jail.
There is no statement of facts at all-in the record. There is, however, a separate paper filed in this court, which purports to be the original of a statement of facts. Portions of it are erased, and many interlineations are made therein. We have too often held to need citation of cases that the statute requires the statement of facts in county court misdemeanor cases to be properly filed within the time, and made a part of the record as certified to by the clerk; and that the stenographer's act for felony cases, requiring statements of facts, where the court has a stenographer, to be made up by him in duplicate and certified, the original sent up instead of having it copied in the record, and the duplicate kept on file in the lower court, does not apply. Therefore we cannot and do not consider the separate paper filed here, purporting to be a statement of facts.
Without a statement of facts, we cannot consider any of the appellant's claimed errors, which are to the charge of the court on various phases of the evidence, and special éharges requested, which were refused, on various phases of the evidence, and some bills of exceptions, as none of them can be considered properly without a statement of facts.
However, the appellant made a motion to quash the indictment, which is presented properly, and it is necessary for us to pass upon this motion. The grounds of it are: (I) That the indictment does not charge the defendant with keeping a bawdyhouse, in that it does not allege that the house was a bawdyhouse; (2) that it alleges that the defendant was a lessee and tenant of said house, and does not allege that he knowingly permitted the keeping of said bawdyhouse; and (3) because the indictment has two file numbers, one 2003 and the other 1143; and it is not shown with sufficient certainty that the said indictment was presented by a grand jury of Wichita county, Tex.; and the indictment fails to state that the house was-"situated in Wichita county, Tex., and does not describe the house alleged to he á bawdyhouse.
The indictment follows substantially, if not literally, the form for such an indictment laid down in White's Penal C'ode, § 584, which has been specifically, held by this court to be good in Schultz v. State, 56 S. W. 918; Wimberly v. State, 53 Tex. Cr. R. 11, 108 S. W. 384.
The indictment clearly alleges that the appellant was the lessee and tenant of the house which was kept by him, as charged in the indictment, under the statute (P. C. arts. 361 and. 359, as amended by the act of 1907; Acts 30th Reg. c. 132). That itself is made an offense, and it was unnecessary to allege that he knowingly permitted the keeping of said bawdyhouse.
The record clearly shows that the -indictment was presented by the grand jury of Wichita county in the district court thereof, and that the number in the district court was 1143; that it was transferred to the county court, and the number therein was 2003. The indictment specifically charges that the house which was unlawfully kept by appellant was in Wichita county, Tex. It was unnecessary to give any further description of the location thereof. The indictment was not subject to any of the grounds of appellant's motion to quash it.
There being no reversible error pointed out, the judgment will be affirmed.
DAVIDSON, P. J., absent.