Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1895

Mattie Jay v. State

Mattie Jay v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided January 30, 1895 · No. 538. · Hurt
29 S.W. 472; 34 Tex. Crim. 98; 1895 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 21 (South Western Reporter)

Counsel

No briefs for appellant. Mann Trice, Assistant-Attorney-General, for the State.

Mattie Jay v. State

Opinion of the Court

HURT, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment on a forfeited bail bond. It is filed here without briefs, and motion is made by the Assistant-Attorney-General to dismiss this appeal, because of the failure of the appellants to file their brief in this court, and in not complying with the Rules in filing copy in the lower court. This character of case is governed by the same rules on appeal as civil causes by express statutory enactment.

The appeal is dismissed.

Dismissed.

Judges all present and concurring.

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