Roberts v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of burglary, and his punishment assessed at eleven years confinement in the penitentiary.

The term of court at which appellant was tried convened on August 5th, and adjourned November 2, 1912, lasting more than eight weeks. Appellant’s motion for new trial was overruled on October 26, and he was sentenced on that day, and the provisions of the law, granting time in which to file bills of exceptions and statement of facts, when the term is more than eight weeks in length, the time begins to run from the date of sentence—in this case…