Case Name: Other Mosley v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1940-03-27
Citations: 139 Tex. Crim. 408
Docket Number: No. 20930
Parties: Other Mosley v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 139
Pages: 408–410

Head Matter:
Other Mosley v. The State.
No. 20930
Delivered March 27, 1940.
On Rehearing April 24, 1940.
On Appellant’s Motion to Reinstate Appeal May 29, 1940.
The opinion states the case.
Jack Ellington, of Huntsville, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is theft of hogs; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
After the adjournment of court, appellant filed an appeal bond, which was approved by the sheriff. The record does not disclose that the appeal bond was approved by the court trying the case. Article 818, C. C. P., requires that the appeal bond be approved by the sheriff and the court trying the case, or his successor in office. In the absence of a recognizance or appeal bond approved as the law requires, this court is without jurisdiction to pass on the merits of the case. Gonzales v. State, 298 S. W. 893.
The appeal is dismissed.
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.