Ward v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Navarro. Tried below before Hon. J. F. Stoitt, County Judge. Appeal from the dismissal of an appeal to the county court from a justice court. Appellant was convicted in the justice court for unlawfully killing a dog, the property of one J. M. Bankston, and was fined $10 by the justice. His appeal to the County Court was dismissed for the want of an' appeal bond.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the Justice Court, and prosecuted an appeal to the County Court. The appeal was there dismissed on account of the bond not being in double the amount of the fine and costs. Appellant prayed the right to give a new bond, and proffered a new bond, in double the amount of fine and costs, in resistance to the motion to dismiss his appeal. The appeal, however, was dismissed, and he prosecutes an appeal to this court.
He .assigns as error the action of the court below in dismissing his appeal. We think the action of the court in dismissing said appeal was…
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- Ex Parte WellsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1943