Legal Opinion

Pierce v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 4, 1918No. 5233Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault and battery upon his wife and fined $50.

In misdemeanor, cases the statute requires, that if there is a statement of facts it shall be copied in the transcript of the record and certified the same as all the other orders and proceedings therein. The original must not be sent but kept on file in the lower-court. It is only in felony convictions that the original is authorized to be sent to this court instead of copied in the transcript. (1 Branch’s Ann. P. C., sec. 594:)

There is no statement of facts in the record herein.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sorrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916
  2. McGee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1916

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