Case Name: CANTU v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-16
Citations: 113 S.W.2d 918
Docket Number: No. 19635
Parties: CANTU v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 113
Pages: 918–919

Head Matter:
CANTU v. STATE.
No. 19635.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 16, 1938.
F. H. Hammond, of Burnet, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
GRAVES, Judge.
Conviction for the theft of property of the value of more than $50; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.
There has been filed with the clerk of this court a proper affidavit certifying that pending appeal this appellant escaped from the custody of the sheriff on January 27, 1938, and has not been recaptured, or returned to custody. Under the terms of our statute, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 824, this court is without jurisdiction to further consider said appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.