Herms v. State
This text of 33 S.W.2d 463 (Herms v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
— The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, a fine of one thousand dollars and confinement in jail for thirty days.
The recognizance for the appeal is fatally defective. It is in the form of an ordinary appearance bond. Nowhere therein is appellant bound to abide the “judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas.” Article 831, C. C. P.; Lynch v. State, 102 Texas Crim. Rep., 638, 279 S. W., 271. Appellant being enlarged on a *8 fatally defective recognizance, this court is without jurisdiction. Read v. State, 109 Texas Crim. Rep., 314, 4 S. W. (2d) 547.
The appeal is dismissed.
Disinissed.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.
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33 S.W.2d 463, 117 Tex. Crim. 7, 1930 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 939, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/herms-v-state-texcrimapp-1930.