Case Name: John T. Spann v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1942-04-29
Citations: 144 Tex. Crim. 156
Docket Number: No. 22090
Parties: John T. Spann v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 144
Pages: 156–157

Head Matter:
John T. Spann v. The State.
No. 22090.
Delivered April 29, 1942.
The opinion states the case.
D. E. Hume, of Eagle Pass, and G. C. Jackson, of Crystal City, for appellant.
Spurgeon E. Bell, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge.
The conviction is for drunkenness in a public place. The punishment assessed is a fine of $50.00.
The prosecution originated in the justice court. After an appeal to the county court, and, upon a trial de novo, judgment was entered assessing a fine of $50.00 against appellant. Article 53, C. C. P., reads as follows:
"The Court of Criminal Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction coextensive with the limits of the State in all criminal cases. This article shall not be so construed as to embrace any case which has been appealed from any inferior court to the county court or county court at law, in which the fine imposed by the county court or county court at law shall not exceed one hundred dollars."
Therefore, under the terms of the statute above quoted, this court is without jurisdiction of the appeal. See Corley v. State, 149 S. W. (2d) 99, and cases there cited.
The appeal is dismissed.
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.