Case ID: sw_153/html/0858-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "HARPER, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

FRENCH v. STATE.
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Feb. 5, 1913.)
    Bail (§ 61*) — Misdemeanors—Appeal Bond —Time oe Filing.
    On conviction of a misdemeanor, an appeal bond not entered into until after adjournment of the term does not confer jurisdiction on the appellate court.
    [Ed, Note. — For other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. § 278; Dec. Dig. § 64.*]
    Appeal from Jones County Court; Joe C. Randel, Judge.
    J. S. French was convicted of crime, and he appeals.
    Appeal dismissed.
    C. E. Lane, Asst Atty. Gen., for the State.
   HARPER, J.

The term of court at which appellant was tried adjourned September 28, 1912. He did not enter into a recognizance during term time, but after the adjournment of court undertook to perfect his appeal by entering into an appeal bond. This being a conviction for a misdemeanor, the appeal bond confers no jurisdiction on this court. Herron v. State, 27 Tex. 337; Jones v. State, 1 Tex. App. 485; Arnold v. State, 3 Tex. App. 437.

The appeal is dismissed.