Wilkins v. State

Jan 22, 1936
No. 17857.
Reporters:
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Before:
Lattimore
LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for robbery; punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

We are ‍​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍met at the threshold of the consideration of this case with the fact that the appeal bond is not signed by two ‍​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍sureties as required by law. The bond appears to be signed by one surety, and by another who signs by attorney in ‍​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍fact. This court held in Ex parte Albert Meadows, No. 17962, decided October 31, 1935 (129 Texas Crim. Rep., 297), that ‍​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍a surety to a bond in a case of this kind could not sign by an attorney in fact. The appeal bond ‍​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‍being defective, this court has no jurisdiction.

The appeal will be dismissed.

Dismissed.