Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1921

Ward v. State

Ward v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided February 9, 1921 · Morrow
227 S.W. 947; 88 Tex. Crim. 451; 1921 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 274 (South Western Reporter)

Ward v. State

Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

This case, by regular procedure, is on appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Tarrant County adjudging the appellant guilty of a felony.

It has been made to appear to this court by the written affidavit of the Honorable Jesse M. Brown, Attorney for the State, that since the appeal was prosecuted, the appellant died. * The effect of his death was to abate the appeal. March v. State, 5 Texas Criminal Appeals, 450.

The appeal being abated, it is ordered that the cause be stricken from the docket.

Dismissed.

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