Case Name: Casey WOODALL v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1935-05-15
Citations: 82 S.W.2d 1112
Docket Number: No. 17639
Parties: Casey WOODALL v. STATE.
Judges: MORROW, P. J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 82
Pages: 1112–1112

Head Matter:
Casey WOODALL v. STATE.
No. 17639.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 15, 1935.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Conviction is for felony theft, punishment being assessed at two years in the penitentiary.
It appears from proper affidavit that pending the appeal appellant was held in the county jail of Collin county; that he escaped therefrom by sawing the bars of the cell in which he was confined." ' •
Under the provisions of article 824, C. C. P., as amended by Acts 1933, c. 34 (Vernon's Ann. C. C. P. art. 824), this court lost jurisdiction by said escape.
The appeal is dismissed.
MORROW, P. J., absent.