Case Name: J. M. Arnold v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1878
Citations: 3 Tex. Ct. App. 437
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. M. Arnold v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 437–437

Head Matter:
J. M. Arnold v. The State.
Recognizance. — An appeal-bond will not subserve the purposes of a recognizance for an appeal.
Appeal from the County Court of Trinity. Tried below before the Hon. J. E. B. Laird, County Judge.
No brief for the appellant.
George McOormiclc, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
White, J.
Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for an aggravated assault, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $200. He made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he gave notice of appeal. Instead of entering into a recognizance as the law requires (Pasc. Dig., arts. 3186, 6599, 6600), he made, executed, and signed an appeal-bond with securities, which bond was approved by the clerk.
The assistant attorney general moves to dismiss the appeal for want of a recognizance. The case of Jones v. The State, 1 Texas Ct. App. 485, is conclusive of the question.
The motion is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.