Nicholson v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for driving an automobile on a public road while intoxicated; punishment, a fine of $50.00, and confinement in the county jail for sixty days.

This is a felony case, the punishment being confinement in the penitentiary, or in the alternative a fine. Art. 47 P. C. It is uniformly held that to give this court jurisdiction upon appeal in a felony case, the transcript must show that sentence appears in the record in this case.

The State’s Attorney calls attention to the fact that the recognizance in this case is fatally defective. The form for a recognizance in felony…