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W. M. McDonald v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 1, 1931
37 S.W.2d 1018 (Tex. Crim. App. 1931)

Opinion

No. 14207.

Delivered April 1, 1931. Reported in 37 S.W.2d 1018.

Aggravated Assault — Appeal.

An appeal will not be dismissed in the absence of a sworn affidavit by the appellant in person asking it.

Appeal from the County Court at Law, No. 2, of Harris County. Tried below before the Hon. Ray Scruggs, Judge.

Appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault; penalty, confinement in the county jail for sixty days.

Affirmed.

The opinion states the case.

York Neeld, of Houston, for appellant.

O'Brien Stevens, Crim. Dist. Atty., of Houston, and Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.


Offense, aggravated assault; punishment, sixty days in the county jail.

The record is here without either statement of facts or any bill of exception and no reversible error appears therein.

We find in the record a motion signed by the assistant criminal district attorney of Harris county and the attorney for appellant asking that this cause be dismissed. This court will not dismiss said appeal in the absence of a sworn affidavit by the appellant in person asking to have said appeal dismissed.

The judgment 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.


Summaries of

W. M. McDonald v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Apr 1, 1931
37 S.W.2d 1018 (Tex. Crim. App. 1931)
Case details for

W. M. McDonald v. State

Case Details

Full title:W. M. McDONALD v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Apr 1, 1931

Citations

37 S.W.2d 1018 (Tex. Crim. App. 1931)
37 S.W.2d 1018

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