Case Name: Bert Robertson v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1937-02-03
Citations: 132 Tex. Crim. 271
Docket Number: No. 18783
Parties: Bert Robertson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 132
Pages: 271–274

Head Matter:
Bert Robertson v. The State.
No. 18783.
Delivered February 3, 1937.
State’s Rehearing Granted March 17, 1937.
Appellant’s Rehearing Denied April 14, 1937.
The opinion states the case.
Vickers & Campbell, of Lubbock, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, 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. Arts. 555 and 556, C. C. P.; Mason et al. v. State, 91 S. W. (2d) 745.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
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.