Case Name: Calvin Hughes v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-02-07
Citations: 66 Tex. Crim. 261
Docket Number: No. 1552
Parties: Calvin Hughes v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 261–262

Head Matter:
Calvin Hughes v. The State.
No. 1552.
Decided February 7, 1912.
Rehearing Denied April 10, 1912.
1. —Horse Race—Recognizance.
Where the recognizance described the offense as running a horse race on the public road, the same was insufficient.
2. —Same—Amendment—Alterations.
Where it appeared by affidavit that the alterations were made in the recognizance after adjournment of court at which the conviction occurred, the appeal will not be reinstated.
Appeal from the County Court of Shelby. Tried below before the Hon. E. W. Hooker.
Appeal from a conviction of running a horse race on a public road; penalty, a fine of $25.
The opinion states the case.
Wheeler & Postell, for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal because of the insufficiency of the recognizance. The recognizance in this case is in the same form as that in Hubbard v. State, dismissed at the present term.
The offense set out in the' recognizance is running a horse race on a public road. This is not a sufficient description of the ingredients set out in the statute to constitute the offense therein declared, nor does the recognizance comply with the form prescribed by the Legislature.
The Assistant Attorney-Generals motion is well taken and will be sustained. The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.