Case Name: MATHIS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1929-05-22
Citations: 18 S.W.2d 920
Docket Number: No. 12591
Parties: MATHIS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 18
Pages: 920–921

Head Matter:
MATHIS v. STATE.
(No. 12591.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 22, 1929.
Appeal Reinstated June 12, 1929.
Jno. E. Weeks, of Odessa, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, J.
The offense is swindling, a misdemeanor; the punishment a fine of $75 and confinement in jail for 30 days.
It appears from the record that the term of court at which appellant was tried ended on the 22d day of December, 1928. No notice of appeal appears to have been given or entered of record during said term of court. The only notice of appeal of record appears to have been given and entered of record on the 1st day of January, 1929, approximately eight days after the adjournment of the term at which appellant was tried. Article 827, C. C. P., among other things, provides that "an appeal is taken by giving notice thereof in open court at the term of court at which-conviction is had, and having the same entered of record." Article 826, C. C. P., provides that an appeal máy be taken "at any time during the term of the court at which the conviction is had." Having failed to give notice of appeal during the term, appellant forfeited his right to appeal. Clark v. State, 3 Tex. App. 338; Morse v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 566, 47 S. W. 645, 50 S. W. 342; Wilcox v. State, 31 Tex. 586; Offield v. State, 61 Tex. Cr. R. 585, 135 S. W. 566. This court is without jurisdiction, in the absence of proper notice of appeal. Davidson v. State, 104 Tex. Cr. R. 607, 285 S. W. 831.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM. The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.