Smith v. State

The appellant was convicted of train wrecking, which, under the statute, may be punished capitally at the discretion of the jury. — Acts 1911, p. 881.(1) No bill of exceptions is incorporated in the transcript, and the appeal comes up on the record proper. Under the duty imposed by statute, we have searched the record for error; but in the absence of a bill of exceptions there is nothing presented by the record for revision. For aught that appears in the record, the judgment and proceedings had in support thereof are regular, and this presumption obtains in the absence of specific objection…