Nelson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. George H. Noonan. Appellant was prosecuted, tried, and convicted on a complaint in the Justice Court which charged him with willfully poisoning a dog, the property of Dr. J. H. Moore.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before Hon. George H. Noonan. Appellant was prosecuted, tried, and convicted on a complaint in the Justice Court which charged him with willfully poisoning a dog, the property of Dr. J. H. Moore. The punishment assessed against him in the Justice Court was a fine of $25. He appealed the case to the District Court, where he was tried and again convicted, the punishment again assessed being a fine of $25. From this judgment he endeavors to prosecute this (another) appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeals. No briefs in the record.
1Opinion of the Court
DAYIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was tried and convicted in, and prosecuted his appeal from, the Justice Court to the District Court. In the latter court he was again convicted. In each court his fine was assessed at $25.
This appeal must be dismissed, because this court can not entertain it for want of jurisdiction. By statute it is provided, that “the Court of Criminal Appeals shall have appellate jurisdiction co-extensive with the limits of the State in all criminal cases of whatever grade.” Acts 1892, p. 37, sec. 24. “The preceding section shall not be so .construed as to embrace cases which have…
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