Case Name: HESTER v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-01-16
Citations: 78 S.W.2d 981
Docket Number: No. 17148
Parties: HESTER v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 78
Pages: 981–983

Head Matter:
HESTER v. STATE.
No. 17148.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Jan. 16, 1935.
Appeal Reinstated Feb. 13, 1935.
H. L. Carpenter, of Greenville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is theft of property over the value of $50; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for three years.
There appears in the record a purported appeal bond. It bears no date, but shows that it was approved by the sheriff on the 5th day of May, 1934; that being the date of the adjournment of the trial term. The bond is not approved by the trial judge. Article 818, C. C. P., expressly requires that before a bail-bond shall be accepted and the defendant released from custody the same must be approved by the sheriff and the court trying the case, or his successor in office. The bond •being defective, this court is without jurisdiction and the appeal must be dismissed.
Appellant is granted 15 days from this date in which to perfect his appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.