Case Name: O. E. Callahan v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-06-14
Citations: 92 Tex. Crim. 241
Docket Number: No. 6585
Parties: O. E. Callahan v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 241–241

Head Matter:
O. E. Callahan v. The State.
No. 6585.
Decided June 14, 1922.
Theft — Recognizance—Escape—Surrender—Principal.
Where it is made to appear that the appellant’s sureties desiring to be released from liability on the recognizance surrendered him to the sheriff, who placed him in jail, from which he escaped, pending appeal, remaining at large, the appeal is dismissed.
Appeal from the District Court of Stephens. Tried below before the Honorable C. 0. Hamlin.
Appeal from a conviction of theft; penalty, eight years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
— At the May'Term, 1921, of the District Court for Stephens County appellant was convicted of theft of property of more than fifty dollars in value, and condemned to the penitentiary for eight years. He appealed to this court and was liberated pending the appeal upon entering into recognizance.
It is now made to appear that his sureties, desiring to be released from liability on the recognizance surrendered him to the sheriff of Stephens County who placed him in jail. On the 21st day of May, 1921, he escaped from jail pending this appeal and has remained at large since that time. Under the provisions of Article 912, C. C. P., the jurisdiction of this court no longer attaches, and the appeal is therefore dismissed.
Dismissed.