Case Name: Johnnie Sparks v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1916-02-02
Citations: 79 Tex. Crim. 83
Docket Number: No. 3934
Parties: Johnnie Sparks v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 83–84

Head Matter:
Johnnie Sparks v. The State.
No. 3934.
Decided February 2, 1916.
Rehearing granted February 16, 1916.
1. —Carrying Pistol — Recognizance.
• The record must disclose that a recognizance has been given or that the appellant is in jail and has been continuously confined therein to confer jurisdiction on this court. But where the case was dismissed and it was afterwards shown that defendant was in custody, the appeal is reinstated. Following McHenry v. State, 42 Texas Crim. Rep., 469.
2. —Same—Insufficiency of the Evidence — Own Premises.
Where, upon trial of unlawfully carrying a pistol, the evidence did not show that defendant was off the premises on which he was living, the same is reversible error, although he might be guilty of firing his pistol.
Appeal from the County Court of Wichita. Tried helow before the Hon. Harvey Hams.
Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully carrying a pistol; penalty, thirty days confinement in the county jail.
The opinion states the case.
Ralph P. Mathis, for appellant.
On question of insufficiency of the evidence: Ball v. State, 25 S. W. Rep., 627; Boss v. State, 28 S. W. Rep., 199.
C. C. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and his punishment assessed at thirty days confinement in the county jail.
The Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss the appeal, there being no recognizance in the record, and it not affirmatively appearing by the record that appellant is in jail. The record must disclose that a recognizance has been given, or that the appellant is in jail and has been continuously confined therein, to confer jurisdiction on this court. McHenry v. State, 42 Texas Crim. Rep., 469; Harris v. State, 2 Texas Crim. App., 134; Brinson v. State, 68 Texas Crim. Rep., 49, 150 S. W. Rep., 776, and cases collated under art. 918 of "Vernon's Crim. Proc.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.
DAVIDS OH, Judge, not present at consultation.