Case Name: MITCHELL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-06-12
Citations: 83 S.W.2d 987
Docket Number: No. 17503
Parties: MITCHELL v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 83
Pages: 987–988

Head Matter:
MITCHELL v. STATE.
No. 17503.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 12, 1935.
C. F. Stevens, of Houston, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge.
The appellant was tried and convicted of maintaining a nuisance, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $100.
Since the appeal in this case was perfected the appellant died an unnatural death as will appear from an affidavit filed in this cause by the district attorney by and through one of his assistants, together with a certified copy of the inquest proceedings.
It is therefore ordered that the appeal in this casé be, and the same is, abated.
PER.CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.