Case Name: Jim Taylor v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1914-01-07
Citations: 73 Tex. Crim. 192
Docket Number: No. 2886
Parties: Jim Taylor v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 73
Pages: 192–194

Head Matter:
Jim Taylor v. The State.
No. 2886.
Decided January 7, 1914.
Rehearing granted March 4, 1914.
¡Manslaughter—Continuance—Material Testimony—Self-defense.
Where it appeared that the absent witness was the only disinterested party immediately present at the time of the difficulty, and it was shown that his testimony was material to sustain defendant’s plea of self-defense and defendant used due diligence to obtain his attendance, a continuance should have been granted.
Appeal from the District Court of Busk. Tried below before the Hon. W. C. Buford.
Appeal from a conviction of manslaughter; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
Eutch & Tipps, for appellant.
On question of continuance: Day v. State, 62 Texas Crim. Rep., 448, 138 S. W. Rep., 130; Hyden v. State, 31 Texas Crim. Rep., 401.
O. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter, his punishment being assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.
There is a purported statement of facts in the record signed by the attorneys but not approved by the judge. The clerk certifies that it is a correct copy of the original statement of facts on file in his office. As the statement of facts is presented, it can not be considered for want of the approval of the judge. The other question raised in the motion for new trial is based on the failure of the court to grant an application for continuance. There was a bill of exceptions reserved to the ruling of the court refusing the continuance, hut in the absence of statement of facts we are unable to revise the ruling of the court refusing to continue the case.- As the matter is presented the judgment will be affirmed.
Affirmed.