Pilgrim v. State

MORROW, Judge.

The conviction is for burglary. The document accompanying the record denominated as statement of facts cannot be considered as such for the reason that the authentication by the trial judge, which is essential, is wanting. Wright v. State, 37 Texas Crim. Rep., 3, and other eases collated in Vernon’s Texas Crim. Statutes, vol. 2, p. 819, note 22. In the absence of a statement of facts the presumption in favor of the correctness of the court’s ruling will prevail on appeal, unless the bill of exceptions is complete to a degree that renders the harmful error apparent without the…