Case Name: ROBERTSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-02-03
Citations: 103 S.W.2d 759
Docket Number: No. 18783
Parties: ROBERTSON V. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 103
Pages: 759–761

Head Matter:
ROBERTSON V. STATE.
No. 18783.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 3, 1937.
State’s Rehearing Granted March 17, 1937.
Appellant’s Rehearing Denied April 14, 1937.
Vickers & Campbell, of Lubbock, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s A'tty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is theft of cattle; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
The trial was had before a special judge. The record is silent touching his •election, appointment, and qualification. When the trial is had before a Special judge, it is imperative that the record show his election and qualification. Articles SSS and 556, C.C.P.; Mason et al. v. State (Tex.Cr.App.) 91 S.W.(2d) 745.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remapded.
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.