Case Name: PARSONS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1917-10-17
Citations: 197 S.W. 997
Docket Number: No. 4626
Parties: PARSONS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 197
Pages: 997–997

Head Matter:
PARSONS v. STATE.
(No. 4626.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 17, 1917.)
Criminal Law <&wkey;1056(l) — Appeal—Savins Objections — Instructions. .
Where the evidence as to insanity was very meager in a prosecution for assault with intent to murder, and no exception was taken to the omission to charge on that phase of the case, there was no reversible error; it being usually necessary to reserve exceptions to errors in instructions either of commission or omission.
Appeal from District Court, Cass County; H. F. O’Neal, Judge.
J. J. Parsons was convicted of crime, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Hill Stewart, of Atlanta, for appellant. E. B. Hendricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and was allotted the minimum punishment of two years' confinement in the penitentiary.
The only question briefed by appellant is the failure of the court to charge upon the issue of insanity. There was no exception reserved to the court's failure to charge this phase of the law. The evidence, if any, on this subject is very meager indeed. Under the present statute it is usually necessary to reserve an exception to supposed errors in the court's charge, whether they be of commission or omission. This was one of omission. We are of opinion that there is no reversible error in this, especially in view of the fact that an exception was not reserved.
The motion for a new trial assigns as error that the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court are contrary to the law and the evidence, as well as the failure to charge the issue of the mental status of the defendant. We are of opinion that the evidence is ample to sustain the finding of the jury.
The judgment is- affirmed.
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