¶1 The offense is murder, punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of six years.
¶2 A dismissal must be ordered for the want of a sentence. The *408 sentence is the final judgment and is an essential pre-requisite to the jurisdiction of this court. See Art. 856, C. C. P.; Vernon’s Texas Crim. Stat., Vol. 2, p. 851, and cases collated; Branch’s Ann. Texas P. C., p. 338, Sec. 667; also Bennett v. State, 80 Texas Crim. Rep. 652.
¶3 The appeal is dismissed. Dismissed.