Legal Opinion
Lockwood v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 1, 1877Published
Appeal from the District Court of Marion. Tried below before the Hon. B. T. Estes. The opinion discloses the material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
The assistant attorney general moves to dismiss this appeal because the transcript of the record is not authenticated as the law requires. What purports to be the ■ certificate of authentication is in these words and figures (we copy literally) : “9 pages of manuscript contains a • true copy of all the proceedings in the cause. Witness, W. F. J. Graham, clerk of the district court of Marion county. - Given under my hand and the seal of said court, this 19th day of January, A. D. 1877.” Signed, “W. F. J. Graham, C. D. C. M. Co., Tex.” The seal of the court is , attached.
The certificate is most…
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