Case Name: CRAIG v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1911-04-05
Citations: 137 S.W. 667
Docket Number: 
Parties: CRAIG v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 137
Pages: 667–669

Head Matter:
CRAIG v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 5, 1911.
On Motion for Rehearing, May 10, 1911.)
1. Bail (§ 65 ) — Appeal—Recognizance.
A bond, in place of a recognizance on appeal, reciting that appellant was charged with the offense of unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors, as charged in the information duly presented and pending against him, and that he should well and truly make his personal appearance before the county court of S. county before the next regular term thereof, to be held in S. county at a specified date, and then and there remain from term to term and from day to day, to abide the action of the Court of Criminal Appeals, was not a compliance with the statute, requiring a recognizance on appeal, setting out, among other things, that appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, and reciting the punis.hment assessed against him.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. § 285; Dec. Dig. § 65. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Cbiminal Law (§§ 881, 884 ) — 'Verdict— Sufficiency.
A verdict, reciting that the jury found defendant guilty as charged in the indictment and assessed his punishment at a fine of $25 and 20 days in jail, was not fatally defective, because accused was tried on a complaint and information, instead of an indictment, and because the word “confinement” was omitted in connection with the “20 days in jail.”
[Ed. Note. — For other eases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 2089, 2093, 2107; Dec. Dig. §§ SSI, 884. ]
3. INTOXICATING LIQUORS' (§ 236 ) — 'WRONGFUL Sale — Evidence.
In a prosecution for unlawful sale of liquor, evidence held to sufficiently establish defendant’s identity as tlie person by whom, the liquor was sold and to sustain a conviction.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Intoxicating Liquors, Cent. Dig. §§ 300-322; Dec. Dig. § 236. ]
Appeal from Sabine County Court; J. H. McGown, Judge.
Curtis Craig was convicted of illegally selling intoxicating liquor, and he appeals.
Affirmed on rehearing.
Goodrich & Lewis, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
On motion of the .Assistant Attorney General this case must be dismissed, because the recognizance is not in the form required by our statute.' The recoghizance copied into the record is fatally defective in several respects. It is in the nature of a bond, and not in the form of a recognizance, and recites that appellant stands charged with the offense of "unlawfully selling intoxicating liquors, as is charged in the information duly presented and pending against him in the above entitled and numbered cause, shall well and truly make his personal appearance before the county court of Sabine county, Texas, before the next. regular term of this court, to be holden within and for the county of Sabine, at the courthouse in Hemphill, on the 3d Monday in February, A. D. 1911, and then and there to remain from term to term and from day to day to abide the action of the Court of Criminal Appeals."
It will be noticed that this does not follow the language of the statute. It does not set out that appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, nor does it set out the punishment assessed against him. The statute has prescribed the form for recognizance, and a recognizance not in accord with that form has been held at all times to be insufficient. This appeal bond, or recognizance, or whatever it may be termed, is signed by the principal and sureties. So it will be observed, by a comparison of the instrument with the statutory form, that it does not comply with the terms of the law.
The motion is well taken, and the appeal is dismissed.