Bennett v. State

Under an indictment charging him with murder, appellant was convicted of manslaughter, and his punishment assessed at three years’ confinement in the penitentiary.

[1] There are several very interesting questions presented in appellant’s brief and in the able argument made to the court; but we are met at the threshold with a motion to dismiss the appeal, filed by the Assistant Attorney General, on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction of this appeal, because appellant, instead óf entering into a recognizance on appeal as required by law, entered into an appeal bond while the court was…