Francis v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of the crime of perjury.

The only ground in the motion for new trial upon which the court is asked to set aside the verdict reads as follows: “Because the evidence is insufficient to- warrant a conviction.”

The statement of facts -was not filed in the court below until one hundred and twenty-three days after adjournment of court. Article 896 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that the clerk shall prepare transcripts in felony cases that have been appealed in preference to cases of misdemeanor, and shall prepare transcripts in all…