Case Name: PATTON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1929-04-24
Citations: 16 S.W.2d 1072
Docket Number: No. 12508
Parties: PATTON v. STATE.
Judges: HAWKINS, J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 16
Pages: 1072–1072

Head Matter:
PATTON v. STATE.
(No. 12508.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 24, 1929.
Wright Stubbs, of Austin, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State. ■

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, J.
Appellant was charged by complaint in the corporation court of Austin with violating a city ordinance. He was convicted, and on appeal to the county court he was again adjudged guilty and his fine assessed at $150.
The record is before us without bills of exception or statement of facts. We find in the record a motion to quash the complaint. This motion attacks the sufficiency of the complaint on the ground that the ordinance under which appellant was convicted is unconstitutional. The ordinance was not introduced in evidence. Courts do not take judicial knowledge of the ordinances of municipal corporations. Hence we are unable to pass on the question attempted to be raised. Terreto v. State, 86 Tex. Cr. R. 188, 215 S. W. 329; White v. State, 82 Tex. Cr. R. 274, 198 S. W. 964; Karchmer v. State, 61 Tex. Cr. R. 221, 134 S. W. 709; Wilson v. State, 16 Tex. App. 501; City of Austin v. Walton, 68 Tex. 507, 5 S. W. 70.
. No question being presented for review, the judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.
HAWKINS, J., absent.