Case Name: W. L. Smith v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1922-11-15
Citations: 92 Tex. Crim. 589
Docket Number: No. 7491
Parties: W. L. Smith v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 92
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
W. L. Smith v. The State.
No. 7491.
Decided November 15,1922.
Forgery — Escape—Practice on Appeal — Jurisdiction.
The escape Of appellant and failure to voluntarily return within ten days deprives this court of the jurisdiction to entei tain the appeal, and the sam© is dismissed.
Appeal from the District Court of Jefferson. Tried below before the Honorable W. H. Davidson.
Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
R. G. Storey, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— The conviction is for forgery; punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.
Pending the appeal, appellant escaped from jail. This occurred on October 9, 1922, and appellant remained at large until his apprehension in another State on October 22, 1922. These facts are properly made known by the affidavit of the Sheriff of. Jefferson County.
The escape or failure to voluntarily return within ten days deprives this court of the jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. See .Code of Criminal Procedure, Articles 912 and 913.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.