Case ID: sw_147/html/0251-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "PRENDERGAST, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

AUTRY v. STATE.
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    May 8, 1912.)
    Bail (§ 66) — Appeal From— Sufficiency.
    A recognizance on'appeal in a misdemean- or case -which did not state that the appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor or of any offense defined by law, or state the penalty assessed, was wholly insufficient.
    [Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. §§ 279-283; Dec. Dig. § 66.]
    Appeal from Dallas County Court, at Daw; W. P. Whitehurst, Judge.
    Bill Autry was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and he appeals.
    Appeal dismissed.
    C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
    
      
      For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rcp’r Indexes
    
   PRENDERGAST, J.

The appellant was •convicted for unlawfully carrying a pistol and fined $100. Upon the motion of the state •the appeal herein is dismissed because the recognizance is wholly insufficient in that it does not state that appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, nor does it state that he was convicted of any offense defined by law, nor does it state the penalty assessed.

The appeal is dismissed.