Case Name: Ernest Kidwell v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-10-12
Citations: 107 Tex. Crim. 640
Docket Number: No. 11254
Parties: Ernest Kidwell v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 640–640

Head Matter:
Ernest Kidwell v. The State.
No. 11254.
Delivered October 12, 1927.
The opinion states the case.
No brief filed for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Attorney.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge. —
The offense is burglary, the punishment confinement in the penitentiary for eight years.
It is made to appear by the affidavit of the sheriff that, while in custody pending his appeal, appellant made his escape on May 30, 1927;' that he has made no voluntary return, and that he has not been recaptured, and is still at large. These facts deprive this court of jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the appeal. See Articles 824 and 825 C. C. P., and also Wilford v. State, 276 S. W. 1104.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.
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.