Case Name: Ace Burton v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1905-10-11
Citations: 48 Tex. Crim. 544
Docket Number: No. 3111
Parties: Ace Burton v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 48
Pages: 544–546

Head Matter:
Ace Burton v. The State.
No. 3111.
Decided October 11, 1905.
1.—Local Option—Defective Recognizance.
Where on an appeal from a local option conviction the recognizance does not state the amount of the punishment assessed against appellant as required by article 887, Code Criminal Procedure, it is defective.
3.—Same—Application to File New Recognizance—Rules and Form.
See opinion for rules and form governing the filing of new recognizance in lieu of a defective one, under Act of the 29th Legislature, page 224,
Appeal from the District Court of San Augustine. Tried below before Hon. James I. Perkins.
Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the local option law; penalty, a fine of $50 and twenty days confinement in the county jail.
The opinion states the case.
Davis & Davis, for appellant.
Howard Martin; Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, his punishment being fixed at a fine of $50 and twenty days confinement in the county jail.
The Assistant Attorney-General has filed a motion to dismiss this appeal because the recognizance is defective, in that it does not state the amount of the' punishment assessed against appellant, as required by article 887, Code Criminal Procedure. An examination of the recognizance shows that the motion is well taken. May v. State, 40 Texas Crim. Rep., 196. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Dismissed.
ON REHEARING.
November 22, 1905.