Case Name: Jenkins Livingston v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1923-02-07
Citations: 93 Tex. Crim. 372
Docket Number: No. 7407
Parties: Jenkins Livingston v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 93
Pages: 372–373

Head Matter:
Jenkins Livingston v. The State.
No. 7407.
Decided February 7, 1923. .
Rehearing Denied March 7, 1923.
Murder — Bail Bond — Practice on Appeal.
Where the bail bond was approved only by the sheriff and did not appear to have had the approval of the District Judge, the appeal' must be dismissed, and unless appellant takes steps to file a new bond in the court below, or have corrected and re-filed the original bond, and produce a proper record in this court, that this has been done the appeal cannot be re-instated.
Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the' Honorable A. M. Blackmon.
Appeal from a conviction of murder; penalty, five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
R. M. Edwards, and James Spiller, for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Freestone County of murder, and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary.
Our Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss this appeal because the bail bond given by appellant after the adjournment of the trial term of the court below was approved only by the sheriff and does not appear to have had the approval of the District Judge as is required by Article, 904 of our Code of Criminal Procedure. An examination of the record discloses that the motion is well taken.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.