Case Name: R. L. Jackson and V. A. Shine v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1929-10-30
Citations: 113 Tex. Crim. 427
Docket Number: No. 12678
Parties: R. L. Jackson and V. A. Shine v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 113
Pages: 427–428

Head Matter:
R. L. Jackson and V. A. Shine v. The State.
No. 12678.
Delivered October 30, 1929.
The opinion states the case.
Robert M. Washburn of Houston, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson of Canton, State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
The offense is tampering with 'an automobile ; the punishment confinement in jail for sixty days.
Appellants entered into a joint recognizance. A joint recognizance on appeal will not confer jurisdiction on this court. Our decisions are to the effect that each appellant must give a separate recognizance. Branch's Annotated Penal Code of Texas, sec. 614. Irvin v. State, 32 S. W. 899; Bowers v. State, 33 S. W. 974; Goldman v. State, 34 S. W. 122; McMeans v. State, 38 S. W. 998; Hodges v. State, 38 S. W. 1019; Hogg v. State, 48 S. W. 580; Haverbekken et al. v. State, 200 S. W. 524.
Appellants are granted fifteen days from this date in which to perfect their appeal.
The appeal is dismissed.
Appeal 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.