Case Name: Jack McHenry v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1901-02-06
Citations: 42 Tex. Crim. 469
Docket Number: No. 2236
Parties: Jack McHenry v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 469–471

Head Matter:
Jack McHenry v. The State.
No. 2236.
Decided January 16, 1901.
Motion for Rehearing Decided February 6, 1901.
1. Appeal in Misdemeanor—Sheriff’s Certificate as to Defendant Being in Jail— Jurisdiction.
Where a defendant appeals from a conviction in a misdemeanor case and fails to enter into a recognizance perfecting his appeal, the transcript must show he was so continuously confined in jail pending the appeal. A sheriff’s certificate to the effect that defendant is “now confined in the county jail” does not show a continuous confinement in jail pending the appeal and is not sufficient to attach jurisdiction on appeal.
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.
2. Same—Practice on Appeal.
An appellant whose appeal has been dismissed because it did not appear that he had been continuously confined in jail pending his appeal may, by proper affidavits showing that fact, have the dismissal set aside and the appeal reinstated and heard.
3. Vagrancy—Evidence Insufficient.
See opinion for facts stated, held to be insufficient to support a conviction of vagrancy.
Appeal from the County Court of Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Kenneth Poree, County Judge.
Appeal from a conviction of being a vagrant; penalty, a fine of $5.
No statement necessary. The opinion on rehearing states the facts.
No briefs on file for appellant.
D. E. Simmons, Acting Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Dallas County on the 14th day of August, 1900, but failed to enter into a recognizance after giving notice of appeal. On the 3d day of December, 1900, the sheriff filed the following certificate: "I, J. Roll Johnson, sheriff of Dallas County, do hereby certify that Jack McHenry, the defendant in cause No. 33,451 in the County Court of Dallas County, Texas, is now confined in the county jail of Dallas County, Texas." The jurisdiction of this court attaches to misdemeanor appeals in only two ways—by recognizance properly entered into in the trial court, or by defendant being placed in jail pending the appeal. In order to attach jurisdiction of this court in the latter case, the certificate that the party is in jail must show he has been continuously in jail pending the appeal. We notice the sheriff does not undertake to certify he has been continuously in jail, but simply that he is now (on December 3d) in jail. This is not sufficient. The appeal is dismissed. Bruce v. State, 40 Texas Crim. Rep., 377.
Appeal dismissed.