Case Name: Claude Buddy WAITES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1955-10-19
Citations: 283 S.W.2d 69
Docket Number: No. 27715
Parties: Claude Buddy WAITES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 283
Pages: 69–69

Head Matter:
Claude Buddy WAITES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 27715.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 19, 1955.
No appearance for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
WOODLEY, Judge.
The offense is the possession of whisky and wine for the purpose of sale in a dry area; the punishment, thirty days in jail and a fine of $100.
In the absence of a bond or recognizance on appeal, or a showing that appellant is in jail, we are without jurisdiction of this misdemeanor appeal. Braun v. State, 158 Tex.Cr.R. 394, 257 S.W.2d 708; Alexander v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 269 S.W.2d 682; Warren v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 269 S.W.2d 682.
The appeal is dismissed.