Case Name: THOMAS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1921-03-09
Citations: 230 S.W. 158
Docket Number: No. 6152
Parties: THOMAS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 230
Pages: 158–158

Head Matter:
THOMAS v. STATE.
(No. 6152.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 9, 1921.
Rehearing Granted March 30, 1921.)
{. Criminal law <&wkey;!086( 13) — Appeal not entertained when sentence not in record.
Under Vernon's Ann. Code Cr. Proc. 1916, art. 856, the court cannot entertain an appeal, when the record fails to show that sentence was ever pronounced.
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Criminal law <&wkey;5!l(9) — Testimony of purchaser of whisky held not corroborated.
Testimony of an accomplice to the purchase of whisky from defendant is not corroborated by testimony of another witness that he carried the purchaser and a third party out to a point, where they left his car and walked off, that he did not know where they went, and that when they came back they had whisky.
3. Criminal law &wkey;>507(I) — Purchaser of whis-ky illegally sold is “accomplice.”
On a trial for selling intoxicating liquors in violation of the Dean Law, the purchaser is an accomplice whose testimony must be corroborated.
[Ed. Note. — For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, Accomplice.] i
Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; Joel R. Bond, Judge.
James Thomas was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor, and he appeals.
Reversed and remanded on rehearing.
Wynne & Wynne, of Kaufman, for appellant.
• C. M. Cureton, Atty. Gen., and C. L. Stone, Asst. A tty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, J.
The Assistant Attorney General calls attention to the fact that the record in this case fails to show any final judgment, in that there is an absence of a showing that sentence was ever pronounced upon the defendant, or notice of appeal given by him to the Court of Criminal Appeals. An examination of the record discloses such to be the case. Vernon's C. C. P. art. 856, and cases therein cited. This is a prerequisite to this court entertaining an appeal.
The appeal is ordered dismissed.
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