Case Name: WELLS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1934-06-13
Citations: 76 S.W.2d 1047
Docket Number: No. 16835
Parties: WELLS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 76
Pages: 1047–1050

Head Matter:
WELLS v. STATE.
No. 16835.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 13, 1934.
Appeal Reinstated Oct. 17, 1934.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 12, 1934.
M. E. Gates and Gordon Burns, both of Huntsville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is possession of intoxicating liquor for tile purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.
The recognizance for appeal is fatally defective. It is in the form of an ordinary appearance bond. It fails to state that appellant has been convicted of a felony, and does not provide that appellant is bound to abide the "judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas." See article 817, C. C. P.; also, Moore v. State, 121 Tex. Cr. R. 199, 51 S.W.(2d) 583. Appellant being enlarged on a fatally defective recognizance, this court is without jurisdiction. Moore v. State, supra.
Appellant is granted 15 days from this date in which to perfect his appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.