Case Name: Forney Leak v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1925-12-16
Citations: 102 Tex. Crim. 407
Docket Number: No. 9877
Parties: Forney Leak v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 407–408

Head Matter:
Forney Leak v. The State.
No. 9877.
Delivered December 16, 1925.
Sturgeon & Wiygul of Paris, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Attorney, and Nat Gentry, Jr., Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Appellant is under conviction for passing a forged instrument, his punishment having been assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for three years.
By affidavit of the sheriff of Red River County .it is made to appear that pending this appeal appellant was confined in the jail of Red River County from which he has escaped and up to the present time has not been recaptured. Under Article 824, 1925 Revision, the jurisdiction of this Court is ousted by reason of appellant's escape and the appeal is dismissed.
Appeal dismissed.