Case Name: W. T. Warrick v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-01-28
Citations: 99 Tex. Crim. 68
Docket Number: No. 9200
Parties: W. T. Warrick v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 68–69

Head Matter:
W. T. Warrick v. The State.
No. 9200.
Delivered Jan. 28, 1925.
Possession of Equipment for Manufacturing Intoxicating Liquors — Recognizance Must Appear in Record.
In the absence of a recognizance or an appeal bond, this court is without jurisdiction to pass- on the merits of the case. The appeal is dismissed.
Appeal from the District Court of Camp County. Tried below ’before the Hon. R. T. Wilkinson, Judge.
Appeal from a conviction for unlawful possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor; penalty one year in the penitentiary.
No brief filed for appellant.
Tom Garrard, State’s Attorney, and Grover C. Morris, Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is the unlawful possession of equipment for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
We find no recognizance in the record although there is a statement to the effect that such recognizance was taken.
In the absence of a recognizance or an appeal bond approved in the manner required by law, this court is without jurisdiction to pass on the merits of the case.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.