Howard v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

—Appellant was convicted of obstructing a public road.

The Assistant Attorney General moves to dismiss the appeal because the appeal bond nowhere shows that it was approved by the court, and being thus defective did not attach the "jurisdiction of this court. On page 23 of the Acts of the Thirty-Sixth Legislature will be found Article 918, C. C. P. as amended. Prior to its amendment the convicted party in a misdemeanor was required to enter into a recognizance during the term of court at which the conviction was obtained. As amended it does not require the defendant…