Case Name: George Decker v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-04-17
Citations: 66 Tex. Crim. 425
Docket Number: No. 1716
Parties: George Decker v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 425–426

Head Matter:
George Decker v. The State.
No. 1716.
Decided April 17, 1912.
Rehearing Granted May 8, 1912. .
1. —Local Option—Recognizance—Reinstatement.
Where the recognizance failed to state the amount of the punishment assessed, the same was fatally defective. However, the appellant having filed a new recognizance, the appeal was reinstated.
2. —Same—Insufficiency of the Evidence.
Where the State’s testimony did not show that the alleged liquor was either whisky or of an intoxicating character, and the defendant’s testimony showed that it was water, the conviction eouíd not be sustained.
Appeal from the County Court of Madison. Tried below before the Hon. Tom D. Clark.
Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the local option law; penalty, a fine of $30 and thirty days- confinement in the county jail.
The opinion states the case.
Carl T. Harper, for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This record is before us with an insufficient recognizance. The Assistant Attorney-General has moved to dismiss the appeal for that reason. The recognizance is fatally defective, in that it does not state the amount of the punishment assessed against the appellant. Por this reason the appeal will be dismissed.
Dismissed.