Case Name: WILLIAMS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-06-04
Citations: 29 S.W.2d 388
Docket Number: No. 13266
Parties: WILLIAMS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 29
Pages: 388–389

Head Matter:
WILLIAMS v. STATE.
No. 13266.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 4, 1930.
H. S. B.eard, of Waco, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for' the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Conviction for felony theft; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.
The state moves to dismiss this appeal on the ground that, while the motion for rehearing was pending, this appellant made his escape from custody. The motion is accompanied by the affidavit of Leslie Stegall, sheriff of McLennan county, Tex., in whose custody appellant was at the time, showing that on May 23, 1930, he made his escape from jail by sawing out certain bars and fleeing from said jail. The motion will be' granted. The fact that later said prisoner was recaptured does not affect the law of the situation. Laughlin v. State, 97 Tex. Cr. R. 370, 260 S. W. 865; Pendergrass v. State, 92 Tex. Cr. R. 467, 244 S. W. 513; Maugia v. State, 90 Tex. Cr. R. 539, 236 S. W. 740; Loyd v. State, 19 Tex. App. 137.
The appeal is dismissed.