Case Name: LEAK v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-12-16
Citations: 278 S.W. 211
Docket Number: No. 9877
Parties: LEAK v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 278
Pages: 211–211

Head Matter:
LEAK v. STATE.
(No. 9877.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 16, 1925.)
Sturgeon & Wiygul, of Paris, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, •and Nat Gentry, Jr., Asst. State’s Atty., of .Tyler, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
Appellant is under conviction for passing a forged instrument, his punishment having been assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for three years.
By affidavit of the sheriff of Red River county it is made to appear that pending this appeal appellant-was confined in the jail of Red River county, from which he has escaped, and up to the present time has not been recaptured. Under article 824, 1925 Revision (Code Civ. Proc.), the jurisdiction of this court is ousted by reason of appellant's escape, and the appeal is dismissed.