Case ID: sw2d_294/html/0122-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "MORRISONj Presiding Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Paul WENGEROTH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
    No. 28404.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    June 20, 1956.
    On Motion to Reinstate Appeal Oct. 10, 1956.
    Floyd D. Jam'es, San Antonio, for appellant.
    Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.
   PER CURIAM.

The conviction is for the offense of unlawfully hunting deer with an artificial light; the punishment, a fine of $50.

In the absence of a bond or recognizance on appeal, or a showing that appellant is in jail, we are without jurisdiction of this misdemeanor appeal.

The appeal -is dismissed.

On Motion to Reinstate Appeal.

MORRISONj Presiding Judge.

The record has now been perfected, and the case is properly before this Court for decision.

Omitting the formal parts of the complaint, we quote the following: “ * * * did then and there unlawfully and willfully hunt deer by the aid of an artificial light attached to an automobile, or did then and there unlawfully and willfully hunt deer by the aid of an artificial light * * (Italics ours.)-

The use of the disjunctive “or” in charging an offense renders -the allegation uncertain. “Manual of Reversible Errors” by Erisman, Sec. 24, p. 16, and cases there cited.

The motion to reinstate the appeal is granted, and the judgment is reversed and the 'prosecution ordered dismissed.