Deem v. State

This is an appeal by I. B. Shapiro and W. E. Martin, sureties on a recognizance on appeal of Phillip M. Deem, from the final judgment of Criminal District Court No. 2 of Harris County upon a forfeiture of said recognizance.

Judgment nisi was entered on February 23, 1959, when Phillip M. Deem failed to appear in said court when he was called to abide the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas as conditioned in said recognizance.

The appellant I. B. Shapiro filed a verified answer and denial in this cause on October 24, 1959. He also filed another sworn answer and denial May 13, 1960.

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