City of Monroe v. High

The majority has reversed the conviction and sentence of the appellant when in fact his appeal offers nothing for our consideration. Code of Criminal Procedure Arti-. cle 920 “Scope of Appellate Review”, stipulates that the only matters which shall be considered on appeal are (1) those brought up by formal bills of exception properly. *377perfected and (2) any error that is discoverable by a mere inspection of the pleadings and proceedings and without inspection of the evidence. The defendant reserved bills of exception to the overruling of his motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment,…