Case Name: Jessie Cantu v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-16
Citations: 133 Tex. Crim. 608
Docket Number: No. 19635
Parties: Jessie Cantu v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 133
Pages: 608–609

Head Matter:
Jessie Cantu v. The State.
No. 19635.
Delivered February 16, 1938.
The opinion states the case.
F. H. Hammond, of Burnet, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
GRAVES, Judge. —
Conviction for the theft of property of the value of more than fifty dollars; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.
There .has been filed with the clerk of this court a proper affidavit certifying that pending appeal this appellant escaped from the custody of the sheriff on January 27, 1938, and has not been recaptured, or returned to custody. Under the terms of our statute this court is without jurisdiction to further consider said appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.
Appeal dismissed.