Case Name: Bert Bryant Bedell v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1955-05-25
Citations: 161 Tex. Crim. 553
Docket Number: No. 27,624
Parties: Bert Bryant Bedell v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 161
Pages: 553–553

Head Matter:
Bert Bryant Bedell v. State
No. 27,624.
May 25, 1955
Henry Smith and Robert C. Benavides, Dallas, for appellant.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DICE, Judge.
The conviction is for unlawfully driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, confinement in the county jail for 75 days and a fine of $125.00.
There appears in this record neither a recognizance nor an appeal bond. In the absence of a sufficient appeal bond or recognizance or a showing that appellant is in jail, this court is without jurisdiction of a misdemeanor appeal. Alexander v. State, 272 S.W. 2d 100, and cases there cited.
The appeal is dismissed.
Opinion approved by the Court.