Knight v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, charged with murder. When tried he was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. It appears by the record in this case that sentence was pronounced on defendant on January 27, 1911. It further appears that the term of court continued for more than eight weeks, and that under the provisions of the law relating to filing of statement of facts and bills of exception in courts where the term lasts longer than eight weeks, the time for filing such papers begins to run from the time the court…