Bowles v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

We have before us the State’s motion for rehearing.

In the absence of a statement of facts and any bill of exception, if by any legitimate construction the judgment of the trial court can be sustained, it is our duty to do so.

The case having been tried before the court without a jury, of course, we have no charge to a jury, nor the verdict of a jury to aid us. The finding of the court where the case is tried before him is equivalent to the verdict of a jury in the present instance, and as reflected by the judgment it apprises us of nothing save…