Case Name: JOHNSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1918-02-13
Citations: 203 S.W. 903
Docket Number: No. 4903
Parties: JOHNSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 203
Pages: 903–904

Head Matter:
JOHNSON v. STATE.
(No. 4903.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 13, 1918.
On Motion for Rehearing, May 8, 1918.
Further Rehearing Denied June 5, 1918.)
1. Bail <&wkey;70 — Appeal Bond.
Appeal bond on appeal from conviction of crime, approved only by the sheriff, and not approved also by the trial judge as required by statute, is insufficient.
On Motion for Eehearing.
2. Homicide <&wkey;228(3) — Corpus Delicti — Sufficiency of Evidence.
In a prosecution for homicide, evidence held sufficient to establish the corpus delicti, although no witness testified to seeing the body after the killing, and notwithstanding Pen. Code 1911, art. 1084, requiring the finding and identification of the body.
Appeal from District Court, Sabine County; W, T. Davis, Judge.
Eli Johnson was convicted of homicide, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Minton & Lewis, of Hemphill, for appellant. B. B. Hendricks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
The assistant attorney general makes a motion to dismiss this appeal for want of a sufficient appeal bond. There is an appeal bond in the record, but it is only approved ffiy the sheriff. The statute requires that the trial judge shall also approve it. For this reason the appeal will not be entertained. The questions raised by the record and insisted upon for reversal will not be discussed on account of the dismissal.
The appeal is dismissed.
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