Deming v. State

Supplemental transcript has been filed which, as we understand it, certifies that appellant entered into recognizance, with Tom G. Smith and Sam Sausley as sureties, because there was entered in the minutes the appeal bond filed on November 15, 1958, bearing the certification of the Sheriff of Dallas County that the sureties whose names are signed thereto were solvent.

The certification by the clerk that such instrument was a recognizance is not deemed a sufficient substitute for showing that the sureties appeared in open court and bound themselves for the defendant's appearance, as required…