Case Name: KNIGHT v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1939-05-31
Citations: 128 S.W.2d 1204
Docket Number: No. 20425
Parties: KNIGHT v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 128
Pages: 1204–1205

Head Matter:
KNIGHT v. STATE.
No. 20425.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 31, 1939.
M. E. Gates, of Huntsville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is an attempt to commit the crime of burglary; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The recognizance is fatally defective in failing to show that appellant had been convicted of a felony. Moreover, it is not shown that it was entered into in open court during the term at which appellant was convicted. Under the circumstances, this court is without jurisdiction.
Also it is observed that the caption fails to show the date of the adjournment of the trial term.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals .and approved by the Court.