Case Name: John Williams v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-01-29
Citations: 84 Tex. Crim. 496
Docket Number: No. 5240
Parties: John Williams v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 84
Pages: 496–497

Head Matter:
John Williams v. The State.
No. 5240.
Decided January 29, 1919.
1. —Breaking a Pence—Statement of Pacts.
The statement of facts in the County Court must be filed within twenty days after adjournment and in the absence of an order of court allowing it to be filed after adjournment it will be stricken from the record; however, the record having been perfected the case is heard on its merits.
2. —Same—Insufficiency of the Evidence.
Upon trial of injuring the fence of another, where the evidence failed to ■ show that the offense defined in the statute was committed, the conviction ■ could not be sustained.
Appeal from the County Court of Gregg. Tried below before the Hon. E. M. Bramlette.
Appeal from a conviction of pulling down and injuring the fence of another; penalty, a fine of fifty dollars.
The opinion states the case.
Reagan S. Wyche, for appellant.
E. B. Hendricks, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of breaking, pulling down and injuring the fence of J. R. Castleberry without his consent.
The court adjourned on the 27th day of July, and the statement of facts was not filed until the 22nd day of August, making more than twenty days after the adjournment of court. There is no order in the record authorizing the statement of facts to be filed after adjournment. The evidence will not be .considered, therefore, first, because there was no order allowing it to be filed after adjournment of the term; and, second, if there had been it was filed too late.
The judgment will be affirmed.
Affirmed.