Opinion
No. 30870.
October 28, 1959.
Appeal from the El Paso County Court at Law, El Paso County, M. V. Ward, J.
Jack N. Fant, County Atty., Owen H. Ellington, Asst. County Atty., El Paso, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.
This is an appeal in a bail bond forfeiture case.
There is nothing in the record showing that a brief has been filed in this court as required by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Art. 866, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.
Failure to comply with the rules requiring the filing of briefs authorizes a dismissal of the appeal for the want of prosecution. Hebert v. State, 158 Tex.Crim. R., 255 S.W.2d 201; Dunn v. State, 160 Tex.Crim. R., 267 S.W.2d 144; Bell v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 244 S.W.2d 210.
Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.