Case Name: Ray Mason and David E. Traver v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1936-03-04
Citations: 130 Tex. Crim. 27
Docket Number: No. 17909
Parties: Ray Mason and David E. Traver v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 27–28

Head Matter:
Ray Mason and David E. Traver v. The State.
No. 17909.
Delivered March 4, 1936.
The opinion states the case.
Art Schlofman, of Dalhart, for appellants.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is embezzlement; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The trial was had before a special judge. The record is silent touching his election, appointment, and qualification. When the trial is had before a special judge it is imperative that the record show his election and qualification. Arts. 555 and 556, C. C. P.; Khan v. State, 30 S. W. (2d) 329; Petitte v. State, 21 S. W. (2d) 522.
The' judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded\
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.