Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bee. Tried below before the Hon. W. B. Hays. Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault upon a female, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $100.
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
A motion is made by the Assistant Attorney General to dismiss this appeal for the want of a proper recognizance.
The appellant, having been found guilty in the lower court of an aggravated assault, gave notice of appeal. . The record contains an instrument, signed and executed by appellant and his sureties, which is a literal copy of the statutory form of a recognizance provided by act of the legislature, approved the 26th of April, 1871. Acts first session Twelfth Legislature, 61, 62; 2 Pase. Dig., Arts. 6599, 6600. This instrument is indorsed, “ examined and approved,” by the county judge,…
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