Cook v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Cook v. State

247 S.W. 549, 93 Tex. Crim. 337, 1923 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 361

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas

DecidedJanuary 31, 1923

DocketNo. 7377.

StatusPublished

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Cook v. State, 247 S.W. 549, 93 Tex. Crim. 337, 1923 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 361 (Tex. 1923).

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Opinion

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for the offense of unlawfully killing a hog; punishment fixed at a fine of ten dollars.

The appeal bond is not in such form as to give jurisdiction to the merits of the case. It fails to state the punishment. See Penal Code, Art. 919; also Branch’s Ann. Tex. Penal Code, Sec. 615.

The State’s motion to dismiss the appeal must be sustained. It may he reinstated upon the filing of the proper bond in accordance with the statute.

Dismissed.

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MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is for the offense of unlawfully killing a hog; punishment fixed at a fine of ten dollars.

The appeal bond is not in such form as to give jurisdiction to the merits of the case. It fails to state the punishment. See Penal Code, Art. 919; also Branch’s Ann. Tex. Penal Code, Sec. 615.

The State’s motion to dismiss the appeal must be sustained. It may he reinstated upon the filing of the proper bond in accordance with the statute.

Dismissed.

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