Case Name: Floyd Johnson v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-01-24
Citations: 65 Tex. Crim. 416
Docket Number: No. 1554
Parties: Floyd Johnson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 416–418

Head Matter:
Floyd Johnson v. The State.
No. 1554.
Decided January 24, 1912.
Rehearing denied February 28, 1912.
Carrying Pistol—Appeal Bond—Recognizance.
Where defendant was convicted in the County Court, gave notice of appeal and instead of entering into a recognizance, filed an appeal bond, his appeal must be dismissed for want of a recognizance, and he can not thereafter file a recognizance on motion for rehearing, as it did not supply a defective recognizance.
Appeal from the County Court of Leon. Tried below before the Hon. W. D. Lacey.
Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully carrying a pistol; penalty, a fine of $100.
The opinion states the case.
Wm. Watson, for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This appeal must be dismissed for want of a recognizance. There is in the record what purports to be an appeal bond signed by appellant' and two sureties. It is not a recognizance but an appeal bond. This is not a sufficient compliance with the law, and the motion of the Assistant Attorney-General must be sustained.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.