Case Name: WILFORD v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-11-11
Citations: 276 S.W. 1104
Docket Number: No. 9549
Parties: WILFORD v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 276
Pages: 1104–1104

Head Matter:
WILFORD v. STATE.
(No. 9549.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 11, 1925.)
B. W. Neagle, of Sherman, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Greenville, and Nat Gentry, Jr., Asst. State’s Atty., of Tyler, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
The offense is adultery; punishment fixed at a fine of $500.
By affidavit of the sheriff, it is made to appear that the appellant, while in custody pending his appeal, made his escape upon the 25th day of August, 1925; that he has made no voluntary return, nor has there been a recapture ; that he is still at large. Upon these facts, this court is deprived of jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the appeal. See articles 824 and 825, C. C. P. (1925); also, Vernon's Tex% Crim. Stat., vol. 2, art. 912, and cases collated.
The appeal is dismissed.