Jones v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for carrying a pistol; punishment, six months in the county jail.

This record presents an unusual situation. The trial term of the lower court ended on March 15, 1930, on which day appellant’s motion for new trial was overruled and his notice of appeal entered. The court made an order giving to appellant thirty days in which to file bills of exception. On April 11, 1930, upon application duly filed, appellant was granted by the court an additional ten days for such filing. This forty-day period thus granted expired May 24, 1930. The record contains ten bills of…