Opinion
No. 5741.
Decided March 31, 1920.
Misdemeanor — Notice of Appeal — Jurisdiction.
The jurisdiction of this court does not attach in the absence of a notice of appeal, C.C.P., Art. 915.
Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 of Harris County. Tried below before the Honorable Walter E. Monteith.
Appeal from the conviction of representing a life insurance company without a certificate of authority; penalty, a fine of $500.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
Alvin M. Owsley, Assistant Attorney General for the State. — Cited Stuart v. State, 123 S.W. Rep., 590; Narsingle v. State, 146 S.W. Rep., 934.
The appellant was convicted of a misdemeanor. We find in the record no notice of appeal. The Assistant Attorney General requests a dismissal upon that ground. The jurisdiction of the court does not attach in the absence of a notice of appeal. C.C.P., Art. 915, decisions thereunder Vernon's Texas Crim. Statutes, vol. 2, p. 877.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.