Case Name: JENKINS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-11-26
Citations: 216 S.W. 183
Docket Number: No. 5573
Parties: JENKINS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 216
Pages: 183–183

Head Matter:
(86 Tex. Cr. R. 266)
JENKINS v. STATE.
(No. 5573.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 26, 1919.)
Criminal law @=>1087(1) — Insufficient eec-OBD AS TO RECOGNIZANCE.
Under Vernon’s Ann. Code Cr. Proc. 1916, art. 920, the Court of Criminal Appeals cannot entertain an appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault, a misdemeanor, where the only record entry relative to the recognizance reads: “Recognizance fixed at $1,000.00. Made and executed by 6. J. [defendant], N. A. J., and 6. T. S.” — not a compliance with article 919, prescribing the form of recognizance in misdemean- or cases.
Appeal from District Court, Palo Pinto County; J. B. Keith, Judge.
Grady Jenkins was convicted of aggravated assault, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
Alvin M. Owsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, J.
The appellant was convicted of aggravated assault. The only entry we find relating to a recognizance is as follows:
"Recognizance fixed at $1,000.00. Made and executed by Grady Jenkins, N. A. Jenkins, and G. T. Sandige."
Our statute prescribes the form of recognizance in misdemeanor cases. See Vernon's Criminal Statutes, vol. 2,' art. 919. And article 920 forbids this court from entertaining an appeal, where a recognizance is required, unless one is made in substantial compliance with the form prescribed in the statute. Because the record fails to show a compliance with these statutes, the state, through the Assistant Attorney General, moves that the appeal be dismissed, which motion we are constrained to sustain.
The appeal is dismissed.