Wesley v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of Smith County, on March 10 of this year, on an indictment charging him with the theft of certain hogs, the property of Joe Holmes and Barney Holmes. The verdict assessed against him a punishment of three years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. We find in the record quite an elaborate application for a continuance, but the action of the court in respect thereto is not evidenced by bill of exceptions, which is indispensable to invoke a ruling by this court as to the correctness of the action of the court below in overruling the…