Case Name: Lon Hunt v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1917-12-19
Citations: 83 Tex. Crim. 7
Docket Number: No. 4776
Parties: Lon Hunt v The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 83
Pages: 7–8

Head Matter:
Lon Hunt v The State.
No. 4776.
Decided December 19, 1917.
Rehearing denied February 6, 1918.
1. —Burglary—Recognizance—Appeal Bond.
Where appellant failed to enter into a recognizance but filed an appeal bond in vacation, which was not approved by the trial judge, the same was invalid, and confers no jurisdiction upon this court. However, this defect having been supplied, the appeal will be reinstated.
2. —Same—Argument of Counsel—Bill of Exceptions.
In the absence of a bill of exceptions to objectionable argument by State’s ' counsel, the same can not be considered on- appeal, where this objection simply appeared in the motion for a new trial.
S.—Same—Sufficiency of the Evidence.
Where, upon trial of burglary and an appeal therefrom, the evidence in the record sustained the conviction, there was no reversible error.
Appeal from the District Court of Titus. Tried below before the Hon. J. A. Ward.
Appeal from a conviction of burglary; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Seb F. Caldwell, for appellant.
E. B. Hendricks, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.
On question of appeal bond: Wells v. State, 68 Texas Crim. Rep., 277, 150 S. W. Rep., 1163; Black v. State, 68 Texas Crim. Rep., 151, 151 S. W. Rep., 1053.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of burglary his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.
The Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss the appeal. Appellant failed to enter into a recognizance, but filed an appeal bond, which seems not to be in compliance with the law. Court adjourned on the 14th day of July. The appeal bond was filed on the 10th of August. The law requires that the bond shall be approved when filed in vacation, as this bond was, not only by the sheriff of the county, but also by the district judge who tried the case. The sheriff did approve the bond, but the district judge did not. In order to make it a valid obligation the judge who tried the pase must approve the bond in addition to the approval of the sheriff.
The motion will be sustained and the appeal dismissed.
Dismissed.