Haynie v. State

Citations

• 3 Tex. Ct. App. 223

Syllabus

<p>Charge oe the Court—File-mark.—The transcript of a felony case must show that the charge of the court was filed in the court below; otherwise the charge, however correct, cannot be deemed authenticated, and a conviction must be set aside. Proper practice is to require the clerk to put his file-mark on the charge as soon as it is read to the jury and before it is delivered to the jury.</p>