Case Name: George Ellis v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1940-11-27
Citations: 140 Tex. Crim. 339
Docket Number: No. 21264
Parties: George Ellis v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 140
Pages: 339–340

Head Matter:
George Ellis v. The State.
No. 21264.
Delivered November 27, 1940.
The opinion states the case.
R. W. Webb, of Snyder, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.
Conviction is for selling whisky in dry territory; punishment assessed being a fine of $100.00.
The transcript fails to show that any judgment was entered of record. In fact, a memoranda on the margin of the transcript — presumably made by the Clerk of the County Court— shows affirmatively that no judgment is of record. A memoranda on the trial docket recites that a verdict was returned by the jury finding appellant $100.00 and "judgment entered in accordance with said verdict." Such entry on the trial docket does not meet the requirement of Art. 766, C. C. P., which contemplates the entry of the judgment in the minutes of a court of record. Walling v. State, 90 Tex. Cr. R. 463, 235 S. W. 888. Without a -final judgment the jurisdiction of this court does not attach. Hellman v. State, 87 Tex. Cr. R. 460; 222 S. W. 980.
The appeal is dismissed.