Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1921

Cates v. State

Cates v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided October 19, 1921 · Hawkins
234 S.W. 1119; 90 Tex. Crim. 189; 1921 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 67 (South Western Reporter)

Cates v. State

Opinion of the Court

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction was for forgery. It is made to appear that pending this appeal the defendant has escaped from the custody of the sheriff of Lubbock County, Texas, who was holding him in the jail of that county under conviction in this case, as well as under conviction in another case from Lubbock County.

By reason of such escape the jurisdiction of this court no longer attaches, and the appeal is dismissed. Art. 912, Vernon’s C. C. P.

Dismissed.

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