Case Name: LIVINGSTON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-02-07
Citations: 248 S.W. 363
Docket Number: No. 7407
Parties: LIVINGSTON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 248
Pages: 363–364

Head Matter:
LIVINGSTON v. STATE.
(No. 7407.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 7, 1923.
Rehearing Denied March 7, 1923.)
Bail <&wkey;70 — Bail bond given by appellant after adjournment of trial court, approved only by sheriff, insufficient.
Where the bail bond given by appellant after the adjournment of the trial term of the court below was approved only by the sheriff, and does not appear to have had the approval of the district judge, as is required by Code Cr. Proc. 1911, art. 904, the appeal will be dismissed on motion of the state.
Appeal from District Court, Freestone County; A. M. Blackmon, Judge.
Jenkins Livingston was convicted of murder, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
R. M. Edwards and James Spiller, both of Fairfield, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Appellant was convicted in the district court of Freestone county, of murder, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.
Our Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss this appeal because the bail bond given by_ appellant after the adjournment of the trial term of the court below was approv ed only by the sheriff, and does not appear to have had the approval of the district judge, as is required by article 904 of our Code of Criminal Procedure. An examination of the record discloses that the motion is well taken.
The appeal is dismissed.