Case Name: Hays Scisson v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1932-02-24
Citations: 121 Tex. Crim. 71
Docket Number: No. 14743
Parties: Hays Scisson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 71–76

Head Matter:
Hays Scisson v. The State.
No. 14743.
Delivered February 24, 1932.
Appeal Reinstated May 4, 1932.
State’s Rehearing Denied June 24, 1932.
Reported in 51 S. W. (2d) 703.
The opinion states the case.
S. L. Gill, of Raymondville, and Tarlton & Lowe, of Corpus Christi, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is embezzlement of property over the value of $50; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
This court is without jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the case owing to the fact that the recognizance on appeal does not comply with the legal requirements, in that it fails to state that appellant was convicted of a felony. This is an essential statutory requisite. Article 817, C. C. P.; Read v. State, 109 Texas Crim. Rep., 314, 4 S. W. (2d) 547; Wright v. State, 117 Texas Crim. Rep., 485, 35 S. W. (2d) 413; Friday v. State, 117 Texas Crim. Rep., 37, 36 S. W. (2d) 1036.
The appeal is dismissed. Appellant is granted fifteen days from this date in which to perfect his appeal.
Dismissed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.