Hill v. State

Conviction for murder; punishment, four years in the penitentiary.

The trial term of the court below ended on the 14th day of April, 1933. Thereafter appellant entered into an appeal bond, which is manifestly defective in two regards. The date of the appeal bond appears clearly to be the 17th of April, 1930. It appears to have been approved by the district judge before whom the case was tried on the 18th of April, 1933, but nowhere bears the approval of the sheriff of the county. Appeal bonds entered into after the adjournment of the trial term, must bear the approval both of the district…