Case ID: sw_200/html/0385-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "DAVIDSON, P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

DALTON v. STATE.
    (No. 4817.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Jan. 23, 1918.)
    Criminal Law <&wkey;101(2) — Indictment and Information — Jurisdiction.
    As an indictment must be presented in the district court, the county court can only acquire jurisdiction by an order of transfer as required by statute.
    Appeal from Delta County Court; J. N. Viles, Special Judge.
    J. B. Dalton was indicted, and appeals from the judgment.
    Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
    Newman Phillips, of Cooper, for appellant. E. B. Hendricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
   DAVIDSON, P. J.

This case was tried in the county court on an indictment. There is no order of transfer from the district to the county court. This'is necessary. There is no authority in our law for presenting and filing an indictment in the county court. It must be presented in the district court, and in order to secure jurisdiction in the county court there -must be a proper order of transfer entered as required by the statute.

The judgment will be reversed, and the cause remanded.