Case Name: EDWARDS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-16
Citations: 116 S.W.2d 711
Docket Number: No. 19424
Parties: EDWARDS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 116
Pages: 711–712

Head Matter:
EDWARDS v. STATE.
No. 19424.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 16, 1938.
On the Merits March 30, 1938.
Rehearing Denied May 18, 1938.
Mahan & Broughton, of Childress, for ■ appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is accomplice to theft; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for three years.
The transcript shows that the trial court adjourned on the 16th of July, 1937, and that on the 17th of July appellant entered into recognizance on appeal. A recognizance entered into after the expiration of the term is a nullity. Articles 817 and 818, C.C.P.; Kogar v. State, 110 Tex.Cr.R. 636, 10 S.W.2d 546. Appellant being enlarged on a void recognizance, this court is without jurisdiction to pass on the merits of the appeal. Kogar v. State, supra.
The appeal is dismissed.
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.