Opinion
No. 19368.
Delivered October 13, 1937. Appeal Reinstated November 10, 1937. Motion for Rehearing Denied (Without Written Opinion) December 22, 1937.
1. — Appeal Dismissed — Certificate of Trial Judge.
On appeal from an order made in habeas corpus proceeding had in vacation, failure of transcript to bear the certificate of the trial judge, as required by statute, necessitates dismissal of the appeal, though appellant is granted 15 days in which to have record corrected.
2. — Appeal Dismissed — Jurisdiction.
An appeal in habeas corpus proceedings must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, where the record fails to show that notice of appeal was given.
ON THE MERITS.3. — Conviction — Regular Term of Court.
Where the order of the commissioners' court fixing the terms of the county court discloses that there was a regular term of the court beginning on the first Monday in January and such term continued for three weeks, conviction occurring January 9, 1937, was during the regular term of court and valid.
4. — Habeas Corpus — Affirmance.
On appeal from an order made in habeas corpus proceedings, wherein it appeared from the record that appellant had been properly remanded to the custody of the sheriff under a capias pro fine issued on a valid judgment of conviction, judgment was affirmed.
Appeal from the District Court of Hopkins County. Hon. Charles D. Berry, Judge.
Appeal from an order remanding petitioner to the sheriff's custody.
Affirmed.
The opinion states the case.
Ramey A. Smith, of Sulphur Springs, for appellant. Wm. J. Fanning, County Attorney, of Sulphur Springs, and Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
Appellant sought release from the custody of the sheriff of Hopkins County through habeas corpus proceedings, and was remanded to custody. Hence this attempted appeal.
In view of the fact that the hearing was had in vacation it was necessary that the transcript bear the certificate of the trial judge. Art. 857, C. C. P.; Ex parte Shaffer, 92 S.W.2d 250. The absence of such certificate necessitates a dismissal of the appeal.
Further, it is observed that the record fails to show that notice of appeal was given. Under the circumstances, this court is without jurisdiction.
Appellant has filed a motion in which he requests that he be permitted to withdraw the transcript in order that he may have it certified by the trial judge in accordance with the requirements of Art. 857, supra. The motion is granted and the clerk of this court is directed to return the transcript on file here to the clerk of the district court of Hopkins County.
Appellant is granted fifteen days from this date in which to have the record corrected and the appeal properly perfected.
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.
ON THE MERITS.
The record having been perfected, the appeal is reinstated and the case considered on its merits.
It appears that appellant has been several times convicted in the county court of Hopkins County of a misdemeanor. On the allegation that these convictions were void for the reason that the county court was not in session, but its terms had ended on the dates the judgments of conviction were rendered, appellant was awarded a writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing under the writ an order was entered by the district judge remanding appellant to the custody of the sheriff.
It appears from the record that one of said convictions occurred on the 9th of January, 1937. An examination of the orders of the commissioners' court fixing the terms of the county court discloses that there was a regular term of the court beginning on the first Monday in January and continuing for three weeks. See Ex parte Farence Jones, Opinion No. 19,369 (page 402 of this volume), this day delivered. Hence it appears that appellant's conviction was during a regular term of the court. We do not mention the dates of the other convictions as it appears that appellant has been properly remanded to the custody of the sheriff under a capias pro fine issued on the judgment of conviction entered January 9, 1937.
The judgment remanding appellant is affirmed.
Affirmed.
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.