Case Name: J. E. Eaton v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-06-11
Citations: 85 Tex. Crim. 611
Docket Number: No. 5409
Parties: J. E. Eaton v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 611–612

Head Matter:
J. E. Eaton v. The State.
No. 5409.
Decided June 11, 1919.
Rehearing granted October 8, 1919.
Misdemeanor—Jurisdiction—Pure Food Law—Recognizance.
Where the appeal was dismissed because of a defective recognizance which failed to recite the amount of punishment assessed, but a new recognizance having been filed in accordance with the law the order dismissing the appeal is set aside on that ground, but it appearing from the record that the Criminal District Court of Bowie county is without jurisdiction of the subject-matter, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution dismissed.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Bowie. Tried below before the Hon. P. A. Turner.
Appeal from conviction of a violation of the Pure Food Law; penalty, a fine of one hundred fifty dollars.
The opinion states the ease.
Todd, Graham & Williams, for appellant.
Cited Davis v. State, 23 S. W. Rep., 892.
E. A. Berry, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Judge.
This is a companion ease to causes Nos. 5407 and 5408 J. E. Eaton v. State, this day decided.
The recognizance herein fails to recite the amount of punishment assessed, and is, therefore, defective.
The appeal will be dismissed.
Dismissed.