Boggs v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is possession cating liquor for the purpose of sale; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

In order to secure his enlargement pending appeal, appellant, after adjournment of the trial term of court, entered into an appeal bond which was approved by the sheriff only. Article 818, C. C. P., requires that the appeal bond be approved by the sheriff and the court trying the cause, or his successor in office. *221In the absence of a recognizance or appeal bond approved as the law requires, this court is without jurisdiction to pass on the merits of…