Mattie Jay v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. D. E. Singleton, County Judge. An information was filed in the County Court against appellant, charging her with adultery with one Dan Levine, a married man. Upon her arrest, she executed a bail bond for her appearance to answer at the next regular term of the court. Railing to appear at said term, her bond was forfeited, and judgment nisi rendered against her and her sureties.
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Appeal from the County Court of Ellis. Tried below before Hon. D. E. Singleton, County Judge. An information was filed in the County Court against appellant, charging her with adultery with one Dan Levine, a married man. Upon her arrest, she executed a bail bond for her appearance to answer at the next regular term of the court. Railing to appear at said term, her bond was forfeited, and judgment nisi rendered against her and her sureties. Scire facias was duly issued, and at the next term of court the judgment nisi was made final, and the parties appealed from said final judgment to the…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment on a forfeited bail bond. It is filed here without briefs, and motion is made by the Assistant-Attorney-General to dismiss this appeal, because of the failure of the appellants to file their brief in this court, and in not complying with the Rules in filing copy in the lower court. This character of case is governed by the same rules on appeal as civil causes by express statutory enactment.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.
Judges all present and concurring.
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