Case Name: DONEGAN v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1920-12-01
Citations: 230 S.W. 166
Docket Number: No. 5985
Parties: DONEGAN v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 230
Pages: 166–169

Head Matter:
DONEGAN v. STATE.
(No. 5985.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Dec. 1, 1920.
Reinstated and Affirmed Feb. 9, 1921.
Rehearing Granted April 20, 1921.)
1. Criminal law &wkey;j|086(l3) — Appeal dismissed where no “final judgment” appears.
An appeal from a conviction of receiving stolen property of less than $50 in value will be dismissed, where the record disclosed nothing except the verdict, for no appeal will be considered until final judgment has been rendered, and the mere verdict was not a “final judgment” in a misdemeanor case within Code Cr. Proc. 1911, arts. 867 and 868.
[Ed. Note. — For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, Final Decree or Judgment.]
2. Criminal iaw <&wkey;!08l— Notice of appeal insufficient.
An order overruling defendant’s motion for new trial, reciting that he “gave notice * * * to the Court of Criminal Appeals,” is insufficient as notice of an appeal to that tribunal.
On Second Motion for Rehearing.
3. Jury <&wkey;>82(2) — That jury for county court was not drawn at term fixed will not invalidate verdict.
That the jury in a prosecution in the county court heard in April was not drawn at the January term, as provided by statute, will not make the jury illegal.
4. Jury <&wkey;59(l) — County and district judges may appoint same persons as jury commissioners.
If they see fit for reasons of convenience or otherwise, the county and district judges may appoint the same persons to act as jury commissioners for both of those tribunals.
5. Jury <&wkey;59(l) — Where jury commissioners for district court acted for county court without being sworn, panel is illegal.
Where for motives of convenience the county court, which did not ordinarily try cases at the April term, requested that jury commissioners appointed by the district judge draw a panel for the county court, but such commissioners were not sworn to act as'jury commissioners for the county court, though they took a similar oath in the district court, the panel for the county court was illegal, and a conviction had on trial before such jury will not stand, although the defendant was not injured, for trial by jury stands on a higher plane than expediency, and a defendant is entitled to have the jury selected in the manner prescribed by law.
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; J. F. Perritte, Judge.
Caz Donegan was convicted of receiving stolen property, and he appeals.
Reversed, and cause remanded.
S. M. Adams, of Nacogdoches, for appellant.
Alvin M. Owsley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of receiving stolen property of less than the value of $50, in the county court of Nacogdoches county; and the jury assessed his punishment at a fine of $25 and 24 hours' imprisonment in the county jail.
Our Assistant Attorney General has moved to dismiss this appeal because there appears in the record no final judgment. An examination of the record discloses that the motion must be sustained, as there appears nothing in the record save and except the verdict of the jury. It is required by our Code of Criminal Procedure that no appeal can be considered until a final judgment has been rendered in the court below. The requisites for a final judgment in a misdemean- or ease in the court below will be found in articles 867 and 868 of our Code of Criminal Procedure. For the want of a final judgment, this appeal must be dismissed.
We also call attention to the further defect, in the matter of giving notice of appeal to this court, it appearing, in the order of the court overruling appellant's motion for a new trial, instead of giving a notice of appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals, said order recites that appellant "gave notice to the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas." It would appear that the giving of notice to this court would hardly be tantamount to the necessary requisite of giving a notice of appeal.
The appeal will be dismissed.
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