Clepper v. State

297 S.W.2d 172 (1956)

Andrew Paul CLEPPER, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28552.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 7, 1956.

On Motion to Reinstate Appeal January 9, 1957.

Wm. F. Jackson, J. C. McEvoy, Hempstead, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, three years.

Motion for new trial was overruled and notice of appeal given on June 22, 1956.

From the record it appears that on April 25, 1956, long prior to the date notice of appeal was given, appellant and his sureties…