Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Writ of Error from the County Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. S. R. Scott, County Judge. Plaintiff in error, Johnson, alias Thompson, was tried and convicted in the Justice Court, precinct number 1, Falls County, for unlawfully playing with dice at a game called “ craps,” and was fined in the sum of $10. He appealed to the County Court, and executed an appeal bond in the sum of $105, with Barney Morehead and Tom Edwards as sureties, which bond was conditioned that he…
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Writ of Error from the County Court of Falls. Tried below before Hon. S. R. Scott, County Judge. Plaintiff in error, Johnson, alias Thompson, was tried and convicted in the Justice Court, precinct number 1, Falls County, for unlawfully playing with dice at a game called “ craps,” and was fined in the sum of $10. He appealed to the County Court, and executed an appeal bond in the sum of $105, with Barney Morehead and Tom Edwards as sureties, which bond was conditioned that he should “ prosecute his appeal with effect, and should pay such fine and costs as should be adjudged against him by said…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
On appeal from the Justice to the County Court, the. principal on the appeal bond was again convicted, and a fine assessed against him. When this occurred, his appeal bond was forfeited, and he was placed in jail, under the order of the court. Some days thereafter he was released by the sheriff, and execution issued for the collection of the forfeited bail bond, and was levied upon the property of one of the-sureties, hence this writ of error.
The contention here is, that inasmuch as the principal appeared at the-trial in the County Court, was fined, and placed in jail, the…
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