Vivian v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from the District Court of Dimmit. Tried below before the Hon. D. P. Marr. The writ of error m this case was prosecuted from judgment final on the forfeiture of the bail bond of J. B. Hopper, bailed under a warrant charging him with the offense of theft of ani' mals. One thousand dollars was the amount of the bond and' the judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
1. The bail bond upon which the judgment appealed from is found describes the offense of which the. principal therein was accused as the “ theft of animals,” without specifying the kind of animals. It is insisted that this is. not a compliance with one of the essential requisites of a bail bond, which requires “that the offense of which the defendant1 is accused be distinctly named in the bond, and that it appear therefrom that he is accused of some offense against the laws of the State.” (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 288, subdiv. 3.)
In this case the bail bond was executed before…
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