Case Name: W. J. alias W. T. Harrell alias Sam Pryor v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1887-01-26
Citations: 22 Tex. Ct. App. 692
Docket Number: No. 2082
Parties: W. J. alias W. T. Harrell alias Sam Pryor v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 692–693

Head Matter:
[No. 2082.]
W. J. alias W. T. Harrell alias Sam Pryor v. The State.
Scire Facias—Ixdictmekt.—All process and proceedings, including a bail bond, based upon a void indictment, are themselves void. The indictment in this ease, having been presented by a so called grand jury, composed of more than twelve persons, was a nullity. The bail bond executed thereunder was, therefore, void, and can not support a judgment based thereon.
Appeal from the District Court of Freestone. Tried below before the Hon. L. D. Bradley.
This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment upon the forfeited appearance bond of W. J. alias W. T. Harrell • alias Sam Pryor, bailed under a pretended indictment charging him with cattle theft. The amount of the bond and judgment was two hundred dollars.
Opinion delivered January 26, 1887.
A. G-. Anderson, for the appellant.
J. H. Burts, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Willson, Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment final upon a forfeited bail bond. The bail bond was executed under a pretended indictment- which had been presented by a body of fourteen persons assuming to act as a grand jury. Such, pretended indictment was a nullity, and all process and proceedings thereunder were void. (Lott v. The State, 18 Texas Ct. App., 627; McNeese v. The State, 19 Texas Ct. App, 48; Swain and Turner v. The State, Id., 323; Williams v. The State, Id., 265.)
The judgment is reversed and the proceeding upon the bail bond is dismissed.
Reversed and dismissed.