Case Name: Aaron GAINES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1956-10-31
Citations: 301 S.W.2d 110
Docket Number: No. 28504
Parties: Aaron GAINES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 301
Pages: 110–114

Head Matter:
Aaron GAINES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 28504.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 31, 1956.
On Motion to Reinstate Appeal Dec. 5, 1956.
On Rehearing Feb. 13, 1957.
J. W. Reid of Reid & Reid, Abilene, R. E. Murphey, Coleman, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The appeal is from a conviction for transporting liquor in a dry area; the punishment, 6 months in jail and a fine of $500.
The record shows that appellant's recognizance on appeal was set and he was remanded to custody of the Sheriff of Coleman County, Texas, on March 8, 1956, on which date his motion for new trial was overruled.
No recognizance or appeal bond is found in the record, and there is no showing that appellant is now in custody of the Sheriff of Coleman County or in the Coleman County Jail awaiting the action of this Court on his appeal.
Under Art. 830, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. the record on appeal, to give this Court juris diction, must show a bond or recognizance on appeal, or that the appellant has been continuously in jail since his motion for new trial was overruled. White v. State, 87 Tex.Cr.R. 315, 221 S.W. 283; Grant v. State, 110 Tex.Cr.R. 9, 7 S.W.2d 90.
The appeal is dismissed.
On Appellant's Motion to Reinstate Appeal
The record having been perfected so as to show that appellant has been confined in jail at all times since his notice of appeal, the appeal is re-instated.
The affidavit or complaint upon which the information was predicated is fatally defective. It states only that the affiant "has good reason to believe" that the offense was committed, but nowhere is it stated that the affiant "does believe Ayres v. State. 156 Tex.Cr.R. 622, 245 S.W.2d 706.
The complaint being insufficient to support the information, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.