Case Name: Allen D. Therrell v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1955-04-20
Citations: 161 Tex. Crim. 617
Docket Number: No. 27,562
Parties: Allen D. Therrell v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 161
Pages: 617–619

Head Matter:
Allen D. Therrell v. State
No. 27,562.
April 20, 1955
Rehearing Granted June 1, 1955
C. S. Farmer, Waco, for appellant.
John R. Lee, District Attorney, Kermit, H. D. Glover, County Attorney, Pecos, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The appeal is from a conviction for aggravated assault; the punishment, two years in jail.
The record contains no recognizance or bond on appeal, and there is no showing that appellant is confined in jail.
A notation from the court's docket suggesting that a recognizance may have been entered into is not sufficient. Steele v. State, 94 Texas Cr. Rep. 325, 251 S.W. 222.
In the absence of a bond or recognizance substantially in the form prescribed by Art. 831 C.C.P., arid there being no showing that the defendant is confined in jail, we are without juris diction to enter any order other than to dismiss the appeal. Skinner v. State, 252 S.W. 2d 167.
The appeal is dismissed.