Case Name: COATS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-11-15
Citations: 244 S.W. 1012
Docket Number: No. 7191
Parties: COATS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 244
Pages: 1012–1013

Head Matter:
COATS v. STATE.
(No. 7191.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 15, 1922.)
Bail <&wkey;>64 — Appeal dismissed where recognizance fails to comply with statute.
An appeal from a conviction of vagrancy will be dismissed where the recognizance fails to comply, in substance or in form, with Code Cr. Proc. 1911, art. 919, particularly in failing to state the punishment assessed.
Appeal from Dallas County Court, at Law; T.A. Work, Judge.
Thomas Coats was convicted of vagrancy, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
R. G. Storey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The conviction is for the offense of vagrancy; punishment fixed at a fine of $100.
The recognizance is defective, in that it fails to comply, in substance or in form, •with the statute. Article 919, Code of Crim. Proc. It is particularly faulty iu failing to state the punishment assessed. .
The state's motion to dismiss upon this ground is sustained.
The appeal is dismissed.
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