Munch v. State

The assistant attorney general moves the court to dismiss the appeal herein on three several grounds set out in the motion, to wit:

1. The recognizance does not show that the appellant is charged with any offense known to the laws of this state.

2. The recognizance does not specify with what offense the appellant is charged, nor the name of the offense for which the appellant was tried and convicted.

3. This court has no jurisdiction of this appeal.

In Vanwey v. The State, 44 Texas, 112, which is the last reported case decided by the Supreme Court of the state on this subject, and in which three…