Case Name: BUSH v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-05-29
Citations: 151 S.W. 554
Docket Number: 
Parties: BUSH v. STATE.
Judges: PRENDERGAST, J., not sitting.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 151
Pages: 554–556

Head Matter:
BUSH v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 29, 1912.
On Rehearing, Nov. 27, 1912.)
1. Bail (§ 65 ) —Appeal — Recognizance — Sufficiency.
A recognizance on appeal which fails to recite the amount of punishment assessed against accused is fatally defective, and the court on appeal does not acquire jurisdiction.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. § 285; Dee. Dig. § 65. ]
On Rehearing.
2. Criminal Law (§ 507 ) — “Accomplice”— Who Is — Corroboration.
Where one receives money from an officer to bring about violations of the law, and in accordance with the agreement he brings about such violations, he is an “accomplice,” and when used as a witness must be corroborated to support a conviction; but, where one who, believing that a 'crime is in contemplation, takes steps to detect it, or to procure evidence by which the guilty person may be punished, he is not an accomplice because his connection with the crime is after its inception.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. §§ 1082-1096, 1098; Dec. Dig. § 507.
For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 1, pp. 75-79; vol. 8, p. 7561.]
Appeal from Dallas County Court, at Law; W. F. Whitehurst, Judge.
Jacob Bush was convicted of crime, and he appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
Lively, Nelms & Adams, of Dallas, 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 appeal must be dismissed because of the insufficiency of the recognizance. That instrument fails to recite the amount of punishment assessed against appellant. This, under the statute and decisions, renders that instrument so defective that it cannot attach the jurisdiction of this court.
The appeal is dismissed.
PRENDERGAST, J., not sitting.