Opinion
No. 12579.
Delivered April 10, 1929.
1. — Murder — Fees of Office — Of County Attorney — No Disqualification.
The fact that the County Attorney who represented the state in this prosecution was paid by fees and not by the payment of a salary did not disqualify him. Such officer performs no judicial or magisterial service in such prosecution. Distinguishing Kelly v. State, 10 S.W.2d 728, and Art. 5, Sec. 11, Constitution of Texas.
2. — Same — No Statement of Facts — Bills of Exception Cannot be Appraised.
Where a record does not contain a statement of facts, bills of exception complaining of the introduction of evidence, and argument of counsel cannot be appraised.
Appeal from the District Court of Grayson County. Tried below before the Hon. F. E. Wilcox, Judge.
Appeal from a conviction of murder, penalty fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
Jos. D. Buster and Geo. L. Hamilton of Sherman, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson of Canton, State's Attorney, for the State.
Conviction for murder; punishment, fifteen years in the penitentiary.
We find in the record no statement of facts. A motion was filed to disqualify the county attorney upon the ground that he was paid by fees and not by the payment of a salary. There is nothing in the contention. Such officer performs no judicial or magisterial service in such prosecution. The authority of Ex parte Kelly, 10 S.W.2d 728, is not in point, nor do we find anything in Art 5, Sec. 11 of the Constitution of Texas contrary to the view we have just expressed.
We find in the record six bills of exception complaining of the introduction of testimony. In the absence of a statement of facts it is impossible for this court to appraise the correctness vel non of such exceptions. This is also true of bill of exceptions No. 8 which complains of the argument of the special prosecutor, Hon. B. F. Gafford. The contention being that the remarks of said prosecutor were outside the record and not supported by the testimony, — this leaves us in a situation where we can not tell whether the complaint was well founded or not, there being no facts.
Finding no error in the record, the judgment will be affirmed.
Affirmed.