27 Tex. 111 | Tex. | 1863
The motion to dismiss- the appeal in this case, for Want of a sufficient recognizance, must be sustained. Article 723-of the Code of Criminal Procedure declares that, “ The defendant shall also be required, when the State appeals, to enter into recognizance to appear before the District Court to answer the criminal accusation against him, in case the judgment of the District Court be reversed.” If this were the only provision of the Code bearing upon the question, it might be, in view of the objects and purposes to be subserved by the recognizance, and testing it alone by common law principles, that it could be held sufficient. But there are other portions of the Code to which we must look; for although this article does not prescribe what ingredients or stipulations are necessary in the recognizance, into which it requires-the defendant to enter, yet, by a reference to article 263, of the same Code, we find the requisites of a sufficient recognizance to hind a defendant and his- sureties specifically enumerated. The
The motion is sustained and the appeal dismissed.
Appeal dismissed.