Case ID: sw_273/html/1118-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "HAWKINS, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Steve LEWIS v. STATE.
    (No. 9578.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    June 24, 1925.)
    Appeal from District Court, Bell County; Lewis H. Jones, Judge.
    J. W. Thomas, of Belton, and J. E. Taulbee, of Georgetown, for appellant. Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover C. Morris, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.
   HAWKINS, J.

Conviction is for burglary. Punishment, eight years in the penitentiary. It is made known to us by proper affidavit that appellant escaped from- the custody of the sheriff after perfecting his appeal. By reason of such escape, this court no longer has jurisdiction. Articles 912, 913, C. C. P. The appeal is dismissed.