Case Name: Melvin Furnace v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1941-12-17
Citations: 143 Tex. Crim. 184
Docket Number: No. 21831
Parties: Melvin Furnace v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 184–186

Head Matter:
Melvin Furnace v. The State.
No. 21831.
Delivered December 17, 1941.
Rehearing Denied January 28, 1942.
The opinion states the case.
L. D. Johnson, of Waxahachie, for appellant.
Spurgeon E. Bell, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The offense is the possession of an illicit beverage, namely, whiskey, in a container to which no stamp was affixed, showing the payment of the tax due thereon; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.
The recognizance shown in the record is fatally defective in that it is not stated therein that the appellant has been convicted of the offense charged or of a misdemeanor. It is essential that the recognizance contain a recital that the accused has been convicted of an offense. Art. 831, C. C. P.; Gressett v. State, 138 Tex. Cr. R. 295, 135 S. W. (2d) 990; Maultsby v. State, 132 Tex. Cr. R. 646, 106 S. W. (2d) 1056; Black v. State, 123 Tex. Cr. R. 538, 59 S. W. (2d) 1086; and authorities collated under Note 2 of Art. 831, Vernon's Annotated Code of Criminal Procedure.
The defect in the recognizance renders this court without jurisdiction of the appeal.
The appeal is, therefore, 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.