E. C. Ray v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Parker. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Hood. The appeal in this case is from the forfeiture of the appearance bond of one John Campbell, bailed under a charge of cattle theft. The amount of the bond was five hundred dollars.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
One of the requisites of a recognizance is “that the time and place, when and where the defendant is bound to appear be stated, and the court before which he is bound to appear.” (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 289, subdiv. 4.) In this case the recognizance is conditioned that defendant “shall well and truly make his personal appearance before the honorable district court of Parker county, Texas, now in session., at the court house thereof, in the town of Weatherford, and here remain from day to day,” etc. This unquestionably stated, and as explicitly as it well could be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Barnes v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1872
- Goode v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1855