Case Name: Ex Parte Alvin Francis
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-04-05
Citations: 91 Tex. Crim. 398
Docket Number: No. 6865
Parties: Ex Parte Alvin Francis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 91
Pages: 398–400

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Alvin Francis.
No. 6865.
Decided April 5, 1922.
Habeas Corpus—Bail—Vacation—Transcript—Express Malice.
Where it appeared on appeal from an order of the District Judge remanding relator without bail that the transcript is certified by the district clerk, the same must be dismissed, as the law requires 'that the judge in vacation must certify thereto. Besides there is no notice of appeal. Following Ex Parte Cates, 89 Texas Crim. Rep., 504, and other cases. However, the record having been perfected, the case will be heard upon its merits, and it is the opinion of the court that bail should be granted, the presumption of express malice being not against relator.
Appeal from the District Court of Cottle. Tried below before the Honorable J. H. Milam in vacation.
Appeal from a habeas corpus proceeding denying bail.
McDonald & Cummings, for relator.
—Cited Ex Parte Firman, 131 S. W. Rep., 1116; Ex Parte Russell, 160 id., 75; Ex Parte Dooley, 170 id., 303; Ex Parte Stevenson, 160 id., 77; Ex Parte Burton, 170 id., 308.
R. Gt. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.
Cited Hart v. State, 87 Texas Crim. Rep., 65; Brown v. State, 174 S. W. Rep., 360; Dougherty v. State, 59 Texas Crim. Rep., 464.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
—This appears to be an appeal from an order of the District Judge remanding relator without bail. The record is not in condition to show that the jurisdiction of this court has attached. The order of the judge remanding relator is as follows:
"IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF COTTLE COUNTY, TEXAS. IN VACATION.
Ex Parte Alvin Francis.
I am of the opinion that the said Alvin Francis is legally held in custody and under restraint of his liberty by the said respondent, Morgan Wright, Sheriff of Cottle County, Texas.
It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the application of the said Alvin Francis herein he denied and that the said Alvin Francis be and is hereby remanded to the custody of said respondent, Morgan Wright, Sheriff, aforesaid.
J. H. Milan."
It will be observed from the foregoing order that the hearing was had in vacation. The transcript is certified to by the District Clerk of Cottle County. Article 950, Vernon's C. C. P. provides that when the proceedings upon habeas corpus take place before the court in session the transcript shall be prepared and certified to by the Clerk; but when had before the judge in vacation, the transcript may be prepared by any person under the direction of the judge and certified by such judge. There is no certificate by the judge as to the correctness of the transcript in the instant case, and to that extent the provisions of Article 950 have not been complied with.
The transcript shows no notice of appeal from the order of the judge remanding relator. Without notice of appeal this court has no jurisdiction to review the proceedings even though the transcript were properly certified to. Ex parte Cates, 89 Texas Crim. Rep. 504; Ex parte Shearman, 89 Texas Crim. Rep. 341.
For the reasons stated the appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.