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Cox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 4, 1940
145 S.W.2d 188 (Tex. Crim. App. 1940)

Opinion

No. 21309.

Delivered December 4, 1940.

Appeal Dismissed — Notice of Appeal.

Where no notice of appeal appeared in the record, appeal was dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

Appeal from Criminal District Court of Dallas County. Hon. Grover Adams, Judge.

Appeal from conviction for passing a forged instrument; penalty, confinement in penitentiary for three years.

Appeal dismissed.

The opinion states the case.

Joe Bailey Morris, of Dallas, for appellant.

Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


The offense is passing a forged instrument. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for three years.

No notice of appeal appears in the record. This is necessary to give this court jurisdiction of the case. See Art. 827, C. C. P., and cases cited under said article in Vernon's Ann. Tex. C. C. P., Vol. 3, p. 197. See also Branch's Ann. Tex. P. C., sec. 588 and cases cited.

The appeal is dismissed.

The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.


Summaries of

Cox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Dec 4, 1940
145 S.W.2d 188 (Tex. Crim. App. 1940)
Case details for

Cox v. State

Case Details

Full title:J. L. COX v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Dec 4, 1940

Citations

145 S.W.2d 188 (Tex. Crim. App. 1940)
145 S.W.2d 188