Case Name: Alexander Werbiski and George Champion v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1886-01-09
Citations: 20 Tex. Ct. App. 132
Docket Number: No. 1843
Parties: Alexander Werbiski and George Champion v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 132–133

Head Matter:
[No. 1843.]
Alexander Werbiski and George Champion v. The State.
Sciee Facias — Bail Bond—Variance.—The bail bond in this case was con-' ■ ditioned that the principal appear to answer the charge óf theft of property over the value of $20. The condition recited in the judgment nisi was that the defendant “appear at the present term of the court to abide the judg- • ment upon his said appeal.” Held, that the variance between the bond and the judgment nisi is fatal, 1
[Opinion delivered January 9, 1886.]
Error from the District Court of Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Bussell.
This writ of error was prosecuted from the final judgment of the trial court on the forfeited bond of Guadalupe Beltran, bailed under a charge of felonious theft. The amount of the bond and judgment was $150.
Renfro & Soott, for the plaintiffs in error.
J. II. Burts, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
White, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiffs in error were sureties upon a bond executed by one Beltran for his appearance at the September term, 1883, of the district court of Cameron county, to answer to "a charge of theft of property over $20 in value." Beltran having failed to appear and answer an indictment found against him for said offense, a judgment nisi was rendered against him and his sureties, which recites that the bond forfeited by said judgment was one conditioned for the personal appearance of the defendant " at the present term of this court to abide the judgment upon his said appeal."
The appearance bond signed by these plaintiffs in error was not an appeal bond and contained no such condition as that stated in the judgment nisi. Manifestly there is a fatal variance between the appearance bond and the judgment nisi. (Bailes v. The State, 20 Texas, 498; State v. Cox, 25 Texas, 404; Cowen v. The State, 3 Texas Ct. App., 380; Hedrick v. The State, id., 571; Smith v. The State, 7 Texas Ct. App., 160; Arrington v. The State, 13 Texas Ct. App., 554; Houston v. The State, id., 560; Goodin v. The State, 14 Texas Ct. App., 443; Hester v. The State, 15 Texas Ct. App. 418.)
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.