Case Name: W. P. Pegram v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-12-03
Citations: 72 Tex. Crim. 176
Docket Number: No. 2825
Parties: W. P. Pegram v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 176–176

Head Matter:
W. P. Pegram v. The State.
No. 2825.
Decided December 3, 1913.
Contempt—Jurisdiction.
Where appellant was fined by the lower court for contempt of court in refusing to obey a subpoena and appealed to this court, this court had no jurisdiction. Following Carter v. State, 4 Texas Crim. App., 165, and other cases.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Harris. Tried below before the Hon. C. W. Robinson.
Appeal from a conviction of contempt of court and disobeying subpoena; penalty, a fine of $100.
The opinion states the case.
Woods & Harris, for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.
Cited cases in opinion.

Opinion:
PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.
The appellant was fined by the lower court for contempt of court in refusing to obey a subpoena. The record shows that the proceedings were strictly in accordance with articles 528 et seq., Code of Criminal Procedure, and that on the proper final hearing the judgment nisi was made final.
It has been the uniform holding of this court and our Supreme Court, when it had criminal jurisdiction, that appeals did not lie in such proceedings. It is unnecessary to cite all the cases, but see State v. Thurmond, 37 Texas, 340; Carter v. State, 4 Texas Crim. App., 165; Crow v. State, 24 Texas, 12; Borer v. State, 63 S. W. Rep., 1133.
As this court has no jurisdiction of this appeal the case is ordered dismissed.
Dismissed.