Case Name: FLOWERS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-04-30
Citations: 265 S.W. 387
Docket Number: No. 8200
Parties: FLOWERS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 265
Pages: 387–388

Head Matter:
FLOWERS v. STATE.
(No. 8200.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas'.
April 30, 1924.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 29, 1924.)
1. Criminal law <&wkey;>!092(5) — Bill of exceptions, complaining of misconduct of jury, should be filed during term in which trial took place.
Bill of exceptions, complaining of misconduct of jury, should be filed during term in which trial took place.
2. Criminal law <&wkey;>1092(9) — Act of filing bills of exception after date to which time for filing was extended held to preclude their consideration, in absence of excuse for delay.
Where court extended time for filing bill of exceptions to certain date, appellant, in filing them after such date, preclúded théir consideration in the Court of Criminal Appeals, in absence of excuse for delay.
On Motion for Rehearing.
3. Criminal law <&wkey;1092(l6), i099(13) — Presentation of statement of facts and bills of exception to judge not tantamount to tiling.
Presentation of statement of facts and bills of exception to judge who tried case for his approval is not ipso facto tantamount to filing of such document.
4. Criminal law <&wkey;IO90(l9) — Assertion of alleged errors in sworn motion for new tria! insufficient, in absence of biiis of exception or statement of facts.
Assertion of alleged errors in sworn motion for new trial is not sufficient to bring them before Court of Criminal Appeals, in absence of some complaint by bills of exception, or in absence of statement of fact filed during term time, when error can be presented by such statement.
Appeal from Dallas County Court at Law; W. N. Coombes, Judge.
Jim Flowers was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Claude M. McCallum; of Dallas, for appellant.
Shelby S. Cox, Cr. Dist. Atty., and Wm. McCraw, Asst. Cr. Dist. Atty., both of Dallas, and Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover C. Morris, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The offense is the unlawful carrying of a pistol; punishment fixed at a fine of $200 and confinement in the county jail for ¿t period of 7 months.
The term of court in which the judgment was rendered terminated on May 23, 1923. On June 21st following, the court extended the time for filing the bills of exception until 30 days after June 23d. The bills of exception were filed on August 3d.
One of the bills complains of the misconduct of the jury. Such a bill of exception, to authorize consideration, should have been filed during the term in which the trial took place. All of the bills should have been filed within the time designated in the court's order of extension, namely, within 30 days from June 23d. That they were filed subsequent to this time precludes their consideration upon this appeal, there being nothing in the record explaining or excusing the delay.
A recital of the evidence is not necessary. Suffice it to say that it is sufficient to support the verdict.
The judgment is affirmed.
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