Case Name: James Thomas v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1921-03-09
Citations: 89 Tex. Crim. 110
Docket Number: No. 6151
Parties: James Thomas v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 110–111

Head Matter:
James Thomas v. The State.
No. 6151.
Decided March 9, 1921.
Rehearing Granted March 30, 1921.
1. —Selling Intoxicating Liquors—Recognizance—Felony Case—Final Sentence.
On appeal, in a felony case¡ when the record does not contain a recognizance. or bail bond, the presumption of this court is, unless the opposite is made to affirmatively appear, that the appellant is in jail, and the motion to dismiss will be overruled, as the rule contended for by the State applies only to misdemeanor cases. However, the record not containing a final sentence, the appeal is dismissed.
2. —Same—Rehearing—Accomplice—Corroboration.
Where upon motion for rehearing it appeared that the defect in the record as to final sentence had been corrected, the cause will be heard upon its merits, and it appearing that the State’s witness was a purchaser of the intoxicating liquor he was an accomplice under the Dean Law, and the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict without corroboration. Following Westbrook v. State, 88 Texas Crim. Rep., 466.
Appeal from the District Court of Kaufman. Tried below before the Honorable Joel R. Bond.
Appeal from a conviction of selling intoxicating liquor in violation of the Dean Law; penalty, one year imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
Wynne & Wynne, for appellant.
Cited Franklin v. State, 227 S. W. Rep., 486.
R. H. Hamilton, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in this case in the District Court of Kaufman County of the offense of selling intoxicating liquor under what is known as the Dean Law, Acts Second Called Session, Thirty-Sixth Legislature, page 228, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of one year.
The State has filed a motion asking for the dismissal of this case because the record shows neither a recognizance nor the fact that appellant is in jail. The authorities cited by the State in support of this motion will be found upon examination to be misdemeanor cases, and we understand the rule contended for by the State to apply only to misdemeanor cases. On appeal in a felony case when the record does not contain a recognizance and bail bond, the presumption of this court is, unless the opposite is made to affirmatively appear, that the appellant is in jail. That portion of the motion of the State is therefore denied
The State also moves to dismiss this appeal because the record does not contain a sentence. An examination of the record shows this ground of the motion to be well taken.
For the reason that the record contains no sentence, the appeal will be dismissed.
Dismissed.