Case Name: J. E. Eaton v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-06-11
Citations: 85 Tex. Crim. 610
Docket Number: No. 5407
Parties: J. E. Eaton v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 85
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
J. E. Eaton v. The State.
No. 5407.
Decided June 11, 1919.
Rehearing granted October 8, 1919.
Misdemeanor—Recognizance—Practice on Appeal—Jurisdiction.
Where the appeal was dismissed for the want of sufficient recognizance but this matter was afterwards cured, the same will be reinstated, but it appearing from the record that the Criminal District Court of Bowie County was without jurisdiction of the subject-matter, the prosecution is dismissed. Following Baton v. State, recently decided.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Bowie. Tried below before the Hon. P. A. Turner, judge.
Appeal from a convicton of a violation of the Pure Food Law; penalty, a fine of two hundred dollars.
The opinion states the case.
Todd, Graham & Williams, for appellant.
Cited Davis v. State, 23 S. W. Rep., 892.
E. A. Berry, Assistant Attorney Genéral, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
is a misdemeanor conviction. The recognizance fails to recite the amount of punishment assessed and is, therefore, fatally defective.
The appeal will be dismissed.
Dismissed.