Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1912

Craig v. State

Craig v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided May 8, 1912 · Davidson
147 S.W. 229; 66 Tex. Crim. 433; 1912 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 289 (South Western Reporter)

Craig v. State

Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Some days after the adjournment of court appellant executed a bond which is placed in the record as his recognizance or appeal bond. The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal because, in the first place, the instrument is not a recognizance, and, in the second place, it was executed after the adjournment of court. The statute requires that the recognizance must be entered into in open court. The motion to dismiss is well taken, and the appeal is dismissed.

Dismissed.

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