Case Name: PARADIS et al. v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1939-02-22
Citations: 126 S.W.2d 658
Docket Number: No. 20094
Parties: PARADIS et al. v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 126
Pages: 658–658

Head Matter:
PARADIS et al. v. STATE.
No. 20094.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 22, 1939.
Rehearing Denied April 12, 1939.
Rogers & Spurlock, of Fort Worth, for appellants.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
On July 3, 1936, an indictment against G. D. Paradis was returned into the Criminal District Court of Tarrant County, Texas, charging him with forgery in one count and with passing a forged instrument in another count. On the 14th day of August, 1936, Paradis entered into an appearance bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with J. A. Petty and J. E. Petty as sureties. On the 11th day of December, 1936, the case against Paradis was called for trial. He failed to appear and judgment nisi was entered against him and his sureties on his bond. Upon proper notice the judgment nisi was made final on' the 29th day of June, 1938, against Paradis and J. A. Petty, from which judgment the said Petty brings this appeal.
The evidence heard to determine whether the judgment nisi should he made final is substantially the same as that set out in cause No. 20109, Henry Darwin Caldwell et al. v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 126 S.W.2d 654, this day decided, and appellants' contention in this case is the same as that made in the case mentioned; viz: that the forfeiture was not taken in compliance with the statute.
The same reason which led to the judgment of affirmance, in cause No. 20109 is operative here and results in the affirmance of the present case, and it is so ordered.