Case Name: Noble Roberts v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1933-11-22
Citations: 125 Tex. Crim. 101
Docket Number: No. 16140
Parties: Noble Roberts v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 125
Pages: 101–104

Head Matter:
Noble Roberts v. The State.
No. 16140.
Delivered November 22, 1933.
Appeal Reinstated January 3, 1934.
Reported in 67 S. W. (2d) 283.
The opinion states the case.
Callaway & Callaway, of Brownwood, for appellant.
Early & Johnson, of Brownwood, for appellant on motion for reinstatement or rehearing.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for possessing still and equipment for manufacturing intoxicating liquor; punishment, three years in the penitentiary.
This court is without jurisdiction to pass upon the merits of the case for two reasons, (a) The transcript before us shows no judgment of conviction. On page 10 of the transcript appears an instrument called a judgment, which, recites that the case was called for trial, that appellant pleaded not guilty, that a jury was impanneled, and returned a verdict which is set out, but there the purported judgment stops. It does not recite what judgment, if any, was entered on the verdict, (b) Appellant did not enter into recognizance during the term, but sought enlargement pending appeal by executing an appeal bond which 'recites that he "stands charged" with the offense of possessing still, etc., for manufacturing intoxicating liquor. There is no recital in the bond that he had been convicted of a felony, except inferentially. The bond does not comply with the provisions of articles 817 and 818, C. C. P., regarding the requirements of bail pending appeal. See Scisson v. State, 51 S. W. (2d) 703, and cases therein noted.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.