Neil v. State

Reeves, Associate Justice.

The appellant, who was charged with an aggravated assault before W. J. Bonner, a justice of the peace for Lamar county, was tried by a jury of six men, and fined one hundred dollars. His motion for a new trial being overruled, he appealed to the District Court. The judgment of the District Court recites that the cause was dismissed because the appellant failed to appear and answer the charge. The appeal being dismissed, the court awarded a procedendo to the justice of the peace, directing him to éxecute the judgment of his court, and further directing that a capias…