Little v. State, 18447.
Decision Date | 21 October 1936 |
Docket Number | No. 18447.,18447. |
Citation | 97 S.W.2d 479 |
Parties | LITTLE v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 2, Harris County; Langston G. King, Judge.
E. L. Little was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
Fred L. Perkins and Paul Maaz, Jr., both of Houston, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.
The offense is murder; the punishment, death.
No statement of facts is brought forward. A statement on the part of the trial judge appended to appellant's bill of exception No. 1 conclusively shows that the failure to secure a statement of facts cannot be charged to appellant. We quote the certificate, as follows:
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