Case Name: Hubie Ballard v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-01-24
Citations: 65 Tex. Crim. 78
Docket Number: No. 1553
Parties: Hubie Ballard v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 78–78

Head Matter:
Hubie Ballard v. The State.
No. 1553.
Decided January 24, 1912.
Horse Racing—Public Road—Recognizance.
Where the allegations used in the recognizance were insufficient in an indictment or information to charge an offense, the appeal must be dismissed.
Appeal from the County Court of Shelby. Tried below before the Hon. E. W. Hooker.
Appeal from a conviction of horse racing on a public road; penalty, a fine of $25.
The opinion states the case.
S. H. Sanders, for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was prosecuted, charged with a misdemeanor, in the County Court of Shelby County, and upon conviction was fined in the sum of twenty-five dollars, from which judgment he prosecutes this appeal.
The recognizance in this case states that appellant was "charged with the offense of horse racing on public road, and who has been convicted of such offense." The Assistant Attorney-General has moved to dismiss the appeal because of the insufficiency of the recognizance, in that it does not state that he was charged with or convicted of any offense known to our laws. Such allegations would be insufficient in an indictment or information to charge any offense, and are, therefore, insufficient in a recognizance, and the motion of the Assistant Attorney-General is sustained. Horton v. State, 30 Texas, 191; O'Bannon v. State, 9 Texas Crim. App., 465; Schoonmaker v. State, 37 Texas Crim. Rep., 424.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.