Hughes v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor is the offense, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Appellant suggests that this court is without jurisdiction to determine the merits of the case. This view is based upon the fact that the appellant entered into a recognizance before the sentence was entered. He reasons that the effect of the recognizance was to defeat the jurisdiction of the trial court and thereby prevent the entering of the sentence, and that in the absence of a sentence this court is precluded by law from doing other…