Case Name: HUGHES v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-02-07
Citations: 145 S.W. 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: HUGHES v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 145
Pages: 917–918

Head Matter:
HUGHES v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 7, 1912.
On Motion for Rehearing, April 10, 1912.)
1. Bail (§ 66 ) — Criminal Prosecutions— Appeal — Sufficiency.
A recognizance, which merely stated that the offense charged was running a horse race bn a public road, did not sufficiently describe the statutory ingredients of the offense.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. §§ 279-283; Dec. Dig. § 66. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Bail (§ 65 ) — Appeal — Description of Punishment.
A recognizance, in a prosecution for horse racing on a public road, was fatally defective for not setting out the punishment imposed, as required by statute.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. § 285; Dec. Dig. § 65. ]
3. Criminal Law (§ 996 ) — Record—Correction.
The minutes óf the county court recording the recognizance in a criminal case should not be erased and interlined after adjournment for the term, so as to show by insertion the punishment imposed upon accused.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 1483, 2529, 2544-2546 ; Dec. Dig. § 996. ]
Appeal from Shelby County Court; E. W. Hooker, Judge.
Calvin Hughes was convicted of horse racing in a public road, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
E. B. Wheeler and T. Hadden Postell, both of Center, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
-DAVIDSON, P. J.
The Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss the appeal because of the insufficiency of the recognizance. The recognizance in this case is in the same form as that in Ballard v. State, 138 S. W. 120, dismissed at the present term.
The offense set out in the recognizance is running a horse race on a public road. This is not a sufficient description of the ingredients set out in the statute to constitute the offense therein declared, nor does the recognizance comply with the form prescribed by the Legislature. The Assistant Attorney General's motion is well taken and will be sustained.
The appeal is dismissed.