Case Name: THODBERG et al. v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1917-04-11
Citations: 194 S.W. 1108
Docket Number: No. 4430
Parties: THODBERG et al. v. STATE.
Judges: PRENDERGAST, J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 194
Pages: 1108–1109

Head Matter:
THODBERG et al. v. STATE.
(No. 4430.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 11, 1917.
Rehearing Granted May 2, 1917.)
Bail <®=»79(1) — Fobeeittjee or? Bond — Gbounds.
Where defendant gave bond and failed to appear, and forfeiture was taken October 4, 1915, hut he returned and went to trial and was convicted on January 3, 1916, and on January 4th filed his answer in the scire facias proceeding on the bond, and on October 2, 1916, final judgment was entered after evidence that at the time of the forfeiture he was sick in a hos pital, the forfeiture of the bond should not have been made final in view of Code Cr. Proe. 1911, art. 500, subd. S, providing that the sickness of the principal prevented his appearance at court, will exonerate from liability on bail bond, if such principal appear before final judgment on the recognizance or bail bond to answer the accusation against him, or show sufficient cause for not so appearing.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bail, Gent. Dig.-§§ 350-362, 365-368.]
Appeal from Comanche County Court; J. H. McMillan, Judge.
V. H. Thodberg and others were charged with unlawfully carrying a pistol, and gave a Jsail bond. From an order under scire facias proceedings forfeiting such bond, Thod-'berg appeals.
Appeal dismissed. .On motion for rehearing, motion granted, judgment reversed, and cause remanded.
Mark Callaway, of Comanche, for appellant. E. B. Hendricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
This appeal is from a forfeited bail bond under scire facias proceedings. Motion is made by the Assistant Attorney General to dismiss the appeal because brief in the case was not filed in the court below. Under the recent case of Rudy v. State, 191 S. W. 698, and authorities there cited, the motion is well taken. The. appeal will be dismissed, and it is accordingly so ordered.
PRENDERGAST, J., absent.
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