Case Name: AUTRY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-05-08
Citations: 147 S.W. 251
Docket Number: 
Parties: AUTRY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 147
Pages: 251–251

Head Matter:
AUTRY v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 8, 1912.)
Bail (§ 66 ) — Appeal From— Sufficiency.
A recognizance on'appeal in a misdemean- or case -which did not state that the appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor or of any offense defined by law, or state the penalty assessed, was wholly insufficient.
[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. §§ 279-283; Dec. Dig. § 66. ]
Appeal from Dallas County Court, at Daw; W. P. Whitehurst, Judge.
Bill Autry was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
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 & Rcp’r Indexes

Opinion:
PRENDERGAST, J.
The appellant was •convicted for unlawfully carrying a pistol and fined $100. Upon the motion of the state •the appeal herein is dismissed because the recognizance is wholly insufficient in that it does not state that appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor, nor does it state that he was convicted of any offense defined by law, nor does it state the penalty assessed.
The appeal is dismissed.