Teague v. State

Appellant was indicted, charged with murder, convicted of murder in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment for life.

1. In his motion for new trial appellant complains of the action of the court in overruling his application for a continuance. It has been held by this court that a recital in the judgment that a continuance was refused and that defendant excepted, will not supply the place of a specific bill of exceptions, and that if no bill of exceptions is reserved, we will not pass on the question. Gaston v. State, 11 Texas Crim. App., 143; Prater v. State, 15 Texas…