Case Name: EATON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1919-06-11
Citations: 215 S.W. 99
Docket Number: No. 5407
Parties: EATON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 215
Pages: 99–100

Head Matter:
EATON v. STATE.
(No. 5407.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 11, 1919.
On Motion for Rehearing, Oct. 8, 1919.)
1. Bail <&wkey;65 — Recognizance failing to STATE PUNISHMENT FATALLY DEFECTIVE.
Recognizance, on appeal,' which fails to recite the amount of punishment assessed, is fatally defective.
On Motion for Rehearing.
2. CRIMINAL LAW <&wkey;93 — CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT WITHOUT ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF PROSECUTION FOR MISDEMEANOR.
Criminal district court of Bowie county created by the Acts 35th Leg. (1918, 4th Called Sess.) c. 28, has not original jurisdiction of the prosecution of a misdemeanor of which the county court did not have exclusive original jurisdiction prior to the creation of the criminal district court.
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Bowie County; P. A. Turner, Judge.
J. E. Eaton was prosecuted for a misdemeanor. From judgment rendered he appeals.
Reversed,- and prosecution ordered dismissed.
Todd, Graham & Williams, of Texarkana, for appellant.
E. A. Berry, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, P. J.
This is a misdemeanor conviction.
The recognizance fails to recite the amount of punishment assessed, and is therefore fatally defective.
The appeal will he dismissed.
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