Johnson v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and prosecutes this appeal.

The statement of facts was signed, approved and filed in term time, but is not copied in the transcript. Clerks at times do not pay enough attention to the law as regards misdemeanors. The law still requires the statement of facts to be copied in the transcript in misdemeanor cases, but the original must be sent to the court in felony cases. The motion of the Assistant Attorney General to strike out the statement of facts must be sustained, but appellant’s counsel, if he so desires, can have the…