Case Name: PETTIS et al. v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-12-01
Citations: 110 S.W.2d 914
Docket Number: No. 19226
Parties: PETTIS et al. v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 110
Pages: 914–915

Head Matter:
PETTIS et al. v. STATE.
No. 19226.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 1, 1937.
John L. Poulter, of Fort Worth, for appellants.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge. .
This is a suit on a forfeited bail bond, and was tried at the May term, 1937. A motion for new trial was overruled at said term of court, to which action of the court appellants excepted and gave notice of appeal.
This case was filed in this court on the 23d day of July, 1937, hut no briefs have ever been filed in the case in the trial court, and none filed in this court, nor has any waiver been filed. , '
It has always been the rule in this state that the procedure is the. same in criminal cases as in civil cases of this nature, and that unless briefs have befen filed in the court below and in the Court of Criminal Appeals in compliance with the rules governing civil cases, such appeals will be dismissed. See, Lewis v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 38 S.W. 205; Sparks v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 47 S.W. 976; Davis v. State, 88 Tex.Cr.R. 313, 226 S.W. 409; Walker v. State, 100 Tex.Cr.R. 176, 272 S.W. 462.
It is therefore ordered that the appeal be, and the same is, dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
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.