Case Name: John Allen v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1904-03-09
Citations: 47 Tex. Crim. 65
Docket Number: No. 2968
Parties: John Allen v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 65–66

Head Matter:
John Allen v. The State.
No. 2968.
Decided March 9, 1904.
Recognizance—Appeal—Dismissal.
Where the recognizance used the word “counseled” instead of the word “convicted,” the appeal will be dismissed, in not showing that the appellant had been convicted.
Appeal from the County Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. B. F. Milam, County Judge.
Ho statement is required.
Ho brief for appellant.
Howard Martin, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
The Assistant Attorney-General has filed a motion to dismiss this appeal on the ground that the recognizance does not comply with the form prescribed in article 887, Code of Criminal Procedure, for recognizances. The recognizance reads "conditioned that the said John Allen, who has been counseled in the County Court of Tarrant County, Texas, this case of a misdemeanor, and his punishment assessed," etc. The word "counseled" should be "convicted" as prescribed by the form in article 887, Code of Criminal Procedure. So as the recognizance does not make it appear that appellant had been convicted, in our opinion the motion is well taken. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Dismissed.