Martin v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for receiving stolen property, knowing it to have been so stolen; punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

Apparently appellant has been released pending appeal upon a purported appeal bond which is fatally defective. In the first place, it fails to recite that appellant had been convicted of a felony as is required by the provisions of Articles 817 and 818, C. C. P., but recites only that appellant stood charged with a felony. In form the bond is for appearance for trial rather than pending appeal and is insufficient. Doddy v. State, 91 Tex.…