Spencer v. State

Citations

• 25 Tex. Ct. App. 585
• 8 S.W. 648
• 1888 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 105

Syllabus

<p>Practice—Statement of Facts approved by the trial judge and filed after the adjournment of the court, or after the expiration of the subsequent ten days allowed by the court, will not be considered on appeal, unless the appellant, under the provisions of the act of March 8, 1887, shows to the satisfaction of this court that he used due diligence to procure the approval and the filing of the same within the time prescribed by law, and that his failure to do so was not due to the fault or laches of himself or his attorney, but was the result of causes beyond his control. See the opinion in extenso for a showing under this act held insufficient.</p>