Richter v. State

JONES, Presiding Judge.

This is an attempted appeal by Elmer Richter from a conviction sustained in the District Court of Major County for the crime of abandonment of a minor child wherein Richter was sentenced to serve 4 years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Judgment and sentence was pronounced on November 5, 1953. On May 3, 1954, just before the six months period elapsed for taking the appeal, the defendant filed a petition in error in the office of the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Appeals. There was no casemade nor transcript attached to the petition in error.

An appeal is perfected in…