Case Name: HOLLOWAY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1920-06-16
Citations: 224 S.W. 1102
Docket Number: No. 5862
Parties: HOLLOWAY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 224
Pages: 1102–1103

Head Matter:
HOLLOWAY v. STATE.
(No. 5862.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 16, 1920.
On Motion for Rehearing, Nov. 10, 1920.)
I.Criminal law <@=>1090(8) — Rulings on evidence cannot be reviewed, in absence of biil of exceptions.
In the absence of a bill of exceptions reserved to the action of the trial court, as provided by Vernon’s Ann. Code Cr. Proc. 1916, art. 744, his rulings on the admission of evidence cannot be reviewed.
2. Criminal law <@=>I I44( 18) — -Where motion for new trial not supported by evidence, presumption of proper denial not overcome.
Failure to support averments, in motion for new trial on ground of newly discovered evidence, by affidavits and testimony of witnesses who knew the newly discovered facts, or to account for the absence of such proof, renders it insufficient to overcome presumption that in refusing to grant new trial the trial court did not abuse his discretion.
3. Criminal law <@=>1099(5) — Statement not filed till after adjournment of term cannot be considered.
Statement of facts, not filed until after adjournment of the term of court at which the cáse was tried, cannot be considered in support of motion for new trial; the law requiring that facts adduced on issues raised on hearing of motion for new trial shall be filed during term.
On Motion for Rehearing.
4. Criminal law <@=>1045 — Ruling on evidence must be invoked to justify review.
The Court of Criminal Appeals is called on to pass on the correctness of the ruling of the trial court on evidence, and his ruling must be invoked on the admission of evidence.
5. Criminal law <@=>1090(19) — Motion for new trial not substitute for bill of exceptions.
A motion for new trial will not take the place of a bill of exceptions.
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County ; W. D. Howe, Judge.
A. Holloway was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Breedlove Smith, of El Paso, for appellant.
Alvin M. Owsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, J.
The indictment and conviction were for assault with intent to murder, and punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
According to the state's-testimony, the appellant walked into the field where the injured party, McCoy, was at work. McCoy, as soon as he saw the appellant with a pistol, ran for his home, and was shot twice in the leg as b,e fled. His wounds were described by a physician. The appellant's theory and testimony was to the effect that, in approaching his home in an automobile, McCoy motioned to appellant to come to him, and on his doing so attempted to attack him with a pitchfork in his hands, and, failing to get over the fence, made a demonstration indicating an effort to draw a pistol.
The issues of fact were submitted to the jury in a charge of which we find in the record no complaint. A new trial was sought upon the grounds that improper evidence was received. In the absence of bill of exceptions reserved to the action of the court, his rulings upon the admission of evidence cannot be reviewed. Vernon's Texas Crim. Statutes, vol. 2, p. 535, note 15; C. C. P. art. 744.
Alleged newly discovered evidence is relied on as one of the grounds for a new trial. The failure to support the averments in motion for a new trial on this ground by the affidavits or testimony of the witnesses who know 'the newly discovered facts, or to account for the absence of such proof, renders it insufficient to overcome the presumption that in refusing to grant the new trial the judge did not abuse the discretion vested in him by the law. Vernon's Texas Crim. Statutes, p. 806, notes 13 and 14, and cases listed; Branch's Annotated Texas Penal Code, § 197. Accompanying the statement of facts we find some evidence, apparently introduced in support of the motion. The statement of facts, however, was not filed until after the adjournment of the court for the term at which the case was tried, and for that reason cannot be considered in support of the motion, as the law requires that facts adduced upon issues raised on the hearing of a motion for a new trial shall be filed during the term. Black v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 185, 53 S. W. 116; Probest v. State, 60 Tex. Cr. R. 609, 133 S. W. 263. If considered, however, we think the evidence would not authorize a reversal of the judgment.
The evidence is sufficient to support the verdict, and there being nothing presented for review showing that the trial was other than a legal one, we are constrained to affirm the judgment.
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