Steele v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for vagrancy with punishment fixed at $100 fine.

The transcript before us totally fails to set out a recognizance. The only reference thereto is made immediately following the order overruling the motion for new trial and is in these words, “recognizance of defendant entered into the sum of $300 with W. P. Steele as principal and W. L. Hurst and B. O. McGee as sureties.’’

We are unable to tell from the transcript whether this is a part of the order, or simply a notation by the clerk who prepared the transcript. Article 918, C. C. P. provides:

“When the defendant…