Pedroza v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is rape; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifteen years.

The indictment is regular. No statement of facts accompanies the transcript, and no bills of exception are contained therein.

The term of court at which the trial took place expired on the 15th day of September, 1923. During that term there was filed the affidavit of appellant in which he stated that he was unable to pay or give security for the costs of the appeal of his case. So far as the record reveals, this affidavit was not called to the attention of the trial…