Case Name: Will Carter v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-01-17
Citations: 93 Tex. Crim. 373
Docket Number: No. 7343
Parties: Will Carter v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 373–375

Head Matter:
Will Carter v. The State.
No. 7343.
Decided January 17, 1923.
Rehearing Denied February 7, 1923.
i. — Possession of Intoxicating Liquor — Statement of Facts.
Where the denominated paper as the statement of facts bore neither the signature of counsel nor the approval of the trial judge, the same can not be considered on appeal, and questions of instructions to the jury cannot therefore be reviewed.
2. — Same—Rehearing—Withdrawal of Statement of Facts.
Where no reason can be shown why á rehearing should be granted in this court or permission be granted to withdraw the statement of facts for the approval of the trial judge, motion for a rehearing will be overruled. ■
Appeal from the District Court of Harrison. Tried below before the Honorable P. O. Beard.
Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquors ; penalty, one year imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
Hall, Brown & Hall, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The conviction is for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of one year.
The paper denominated as the statement of facts bears neither the signature of counsel nor the approval of the trial judge. A statement of facts authenticated by the trial judge is essential to authorize a consideration of the facts.
There are bills of exceptions complaining of the manner in which the jury was instructed. In the absence of knowledge of the facts, the merits of the exceptions to the charge or to the refusal of special charges cannot be. determined.
Finding nothing in the record which warrants a reversal, the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.