Case Name: SCISSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1932-02-24
Citations: 51 S.W.2d 703
Docket Number: No. 14743
Parties: SCISSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 51
Pages: 703–705

Head Matter:
SCISSON v. STATE.
No. 14743.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 24, 1932.
Appeal Reinstated May 4, 1932.
State’s Rehearing Denied June 24, 1932.
S. L. Gill, of Raymondville, and Tarlton & Lowe, of Corpus Christi, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, J.
The offense is embezzlement of property over the value of $50; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
This court is without jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the ease, owing to the fact that the recognizance on appeal does not comply with the legal requirements, in that it fails to state that appellant was convicted of a felony. This is an essential statutory requisite. Article 817, C. C. P.; Read v. State, 109 Tex. Cr. R. 314, 4 S. W. (2d) 547; Wright v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 35 S. W. (2d) 413; Friday v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 36 S. W. (2d) 1036.
The appeal is dismissed. Appellant is granted fifteen days from this date in which to perfect his appeal.
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.