Hill v. State

Gould, Associate Justice.

The appellant was tried at August term, 1873, of the District Court of Smith county, on an indictment for theft of nine hides, the trial resulting in a verdict of guilty, and the punishment being fixed at two years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was in due time filed, and being overruled, notice of appeal was given. The record recites that the prisoner was brought into court and sentence pronounced upon him as per verdict of the jury, “ evidenced by the judgment in rec*254ord in this book on pages 238, 289; ” but, in fact, no formal judgment appears to have…