Case Name: THORNTON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-03-12
Citations: 156 S.W. 210
Docket Number: 
Parties: THORNTON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 156
Pages: 210–211

Head Matter:
THORNTON v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
March 12, 1913.
On Motion for Rehearing, April 16, 1913.)
1. Bail (§ 64 ) — Criminal Prosecutions — SUJSTTCIENCY.
A recognizance reciting that appellant stood charged with the offense of knowingly turning stock on the inclosed lands_ of another without his consent, but not showing that he had been convicted or the amount of the judgment of conviction as the statute requires, was insufficient.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Bail, Cent. Dig. § 278; Dec. Dig. § 64. ]
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. Animals (§ 102 )— Turning into Inclosed Land oe Another — Criminal Prosecution.
A tenant of land as to which the landlord reserved no control who after some of the cotton crop had been gathered and after a severe storm had ruined nearly all of the cotton crop turned his stock in the inclosure, but kept them from what cotton was left, so that no injury was done to any crop, could not be convicted of knowingly turning stock into the inclosed land of another without his consent.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Animals, Cent. Dig. §§ 366-370, 386-389; Dec. Dig. § 102. ]
Appeal from Haskell County Court; A. J. Smith, Judge.
W. T. Thornton was convicted of knowingly turning stock on the inclosed lands of another without his consent, and he appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
W. H. Murchison, of Haskell, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
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Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
The Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss the appeal for want of a sufficient recognizance.
An'inspection of the recognizance shows that the motion is well taken, and must be sustained. The recognizance recites that appellant stands charged with the offense of knowingly turning stock on the inclosed lands of another without his consent, but it does not show that appellant had been convicted or the amount of the judgment of conviction as the statute requires. Appellant may remedy this by filing within the time allowed by law a sufficient recognizance, and by this means reinstate his appeal; but as the matter is presented the motion must be sustained.
Wherefore it is ordered that the appeal be dismissed.