Case Name: DAVIS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-02-22
Citations: 135 S.W. 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: DAVIS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 135
Pages: 129–130

Head Matter:
DAVIS v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 22, 1911.)
1. Criminal Law (§ 1102 ) — Appeal and Error — Statement op Facts.
Where, on appeal in a criminal prosecution,’ the requirement of a statute that in felony cases the statement of facts shall be made out and filed in duplicate, and the original shall be sent to the appellate court, is not complied with, but the statement of facts is copied in the transcript, a motion to strike out the statement so copied' will be sustained:
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Dec. Dig. § 1102. ]
2. Cbiminai, Raw (§ 1144*) — Appeal and Error — Presumptions.
In the absence of a statement of facts, the appellate court presumes that all the law applicable to any state of facts that might be proven under the indictment has been properly presented in the charge.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 3032; Dec. Dig. § 1144.*]
Appeal from District Court, Grayson County; J. M. Pearson, Judge.
Buster Davis was convicted of a violation of the local option law, and appeals.
Affirmed.
C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
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Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of Grayson county, charged with a violation of the local option law, and his punishment assessed at two years' confinement in the penitentiary.
The Assistant Attorney General has filed a motion to strike out the statement of facts, which is copied in the transcript. The Acts of the 31st Legislature require that in felony cases the statement of facts shall be made out and filed in duplicate, and the original shall he sent to this court on appeal. The Legislature had evidently two objects in view; (1) That mistakes in copying it would be avoided, and we would have a correct statement; (2) copying statement of facts in the record has been an item of enormous cost to the state, and the Legislature wanted to stop this drain on the treasury — both objects being commendable. The motion is sustained, and the statement of facts is stricken from the record.
In the absence of a statement of facts, this court presumes that the law, and all the law, applicable to any state of facts that might be proven under the indictment, has been properly presented in the charge.
Judgment affirmed.