Case Name: J. W. Hart v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1905-01-11
Citations: 47 Tex. Crim. 502
Docket Number: No. 3020
Parties: J. W. Hart v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 502–502

Head Matter:
J. W. Hart v. The State.
No. 3020.
Decided January 11, 1905.
Recognizance—Appeal.
Where the recognizance fails to state that appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, or the amount of the fine assessed against him, the appeal will be dismissed.
Appeal from the County Court of Stonewall. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Forrester.
Appeal from a conviction of breach of the peace; penaltjq a fine of $25.
The opinion states the case.
Ho brief for appellant.
Howard Martin, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
HEHDERSOH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor. The Assistant Attorney-General has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal because of an alleged defect in the recognizance. The grounds of objection are, (1) that it does not state the amount of the fine-assessed against appellant; and (2) it does not recite that appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, but in lieu thereof attempts to set out an offense in terms. The recitation is as follows: "who stands charged in this court with the offense of using abusive language, and who has been convicted of said offense in this court." The bond is defective in both particulars. See art. 887, Code Crim. Proc.; May v. State, 40 Texas Crim. Rep., 196. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Dismissed.