# Brown v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · June 17, 1925 · 101 Tex. Crim. 122

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3951980

## Case

- **Full name:** W. M. Brown v. the State
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
- **Decided:** June 17, 1925
- **Citations:** 101 Tex. Crim. 122; 273 S.W. 862; 1925 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 685
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Lattimore
- **Judges:** Lattimore
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LATTIMORE, Judge.
Conviction in district court of Bowie County of transporting intoxicating liquor; punishment, one year in the penitentiary.
The recognizance in this case is defective. It merely states that the defendant stands charged with the offense of a felony and who has been convicted in “This court of--a felony.” This is not sufficient. Art. 903, Vernon’s C. C. P. provides the form for recognizance on appeal in felony cases ard requires that a recognizance shall state the offense for which conviction was had. Simply to describe it as a felony is bad.
The appeal will be dismissed.
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Dismissed.

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