Case Name: D. W. Wilford v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-11-11
Citations: 102 Tex. Crim. 234
Docket Number: No. 9549
Parties: D. W. Wilford v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
D. W. Wilford v. The State.
No. 9549.
Delivered November 11, 1925.
No brief filed by appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Attorney, and Nat Gentry, Jr., Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
The offense is adultery; punishment fixed at a fine óf $500.00.
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 Arts. 824 and 825 C. C. P. (1925); also Vernon's Tex. Crim. Stat., Vol. 2, Art. 912, and cases collated.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.