Case Name: Trav Montgomery v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1917-06-20
Citations: 81 Tex. Crim. 516
Docket Number: No. 4543
Parties: Trav Montgomery v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 81
Pages: 516–517

Head Matter:
Trav Montgomery v. The State.
No. 4543.
Decided June 20, 1917.
Selling Patent Medicine — Notice of Appeal — Recognizance,
Where, upon appeal from a conviction of selling patent medicines without license, the record contained neither statement of facts nor bill of exceptions, and no notice of appeal, the appeal must be dismissed, although a recognizance has been entered in the court below. However, if notice of appeal had been entered, the record showed no reversible error.
Appeal from the County Court of Fisher; tried below before the Hon. M. A. Hopson.
Appeal from a conviction of selling patent medicine without a license; penalty, a fine of one hundred and fifty dollars.
The opinion'states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
E. B. Hendricks, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of selling patent medicines without first having obtained a license therefor and his punishment assessed at a fine of $150.
The record is before us with neither a statement of facts nor bill of exceptions. There is no motion for new trial in the record, and no notice of appeal was given, or if it was it is not shown in the transcript. There is a recognizance, however, but without notice of appeal this court could not entertain jurisdiction. But inasmuch as the record contains neither a statement of facts nor bill of exceptions it would make but little difference to final results whether the appeal be dismissed or the judgment affirmed. But as this court can not entertain' jurisdiction for want of notice of appeal, the appeal will, therefore, be dismissed. However, if there was a complete record the judgment would be affirmed, had notice of - appeal been given, because there is nothing in the transcript that would require investigation.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.