Haley v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under an indictment charging that he did willfully and wantonly maim and cruelly and unmercifully beat and abuse a cow, the property of R. I. Raleigh, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $5.

The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal, because the recognizance “fails to substantially comply with the form prescribed in article 887, Court of Criminal Procedure. First, it fails to show the recognizance was taken in open court; second, the principal and sureties do not ‘acknowledge themselves severally indebted to the State of Texas in the…