Case Name: MORTON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-06-24
Citations: 276 S.W. 697
Docket Number: No. 9376
Parties: MORTON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 276
Pages: 697–698

Head Matter:
MORTON v. STATE.
(No. 9376.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 24, 1925.
On Motion for Rehearing Oct. 21, 1925.)
Geo. W. Johnson, of New Boston, for appellant.
Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover C. Morris, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The conviction is for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor ; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of four years.
The appeal bond is insufficient to give this court jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the case in that the bond fails to describe the offense of which the appellant stands charged. We have therefore no choice but to dismiss the appeal.
Permission, is granted the appellant to file in the trial court a new bond in compliance with article 923, C. C. P., and to forward to this court a duly certified copy thereof within 15 days from this date, whereupon the dismissal will be set aside and the case reinstated; otherwise the order of dismissal will become final. See article 923, C. C. P.