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21 Tex. Ct. App. 342

Garrison v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 19, 1886

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1886-05-19

Tried below before the Hon. R. E. Beckham. The appeal in this case was prosecuted from a judgment on the forfeited bail bond of Bud Garrison, held under a charge of cattle theft. The amount of the bond and judgment was five hundred dollars.

Decided 1886-05-19

Hurt, Judge.

¶1This is a scire facias case. The writ of scire facias serves the purpose of a citation, and petition. The State by the writ declares upon a forfeited recognizance. Upon the trial the State relied upon a forfeited bond. In this there was a fatal variance in the pleading and proof.

¶2Again, the citation fails to give the date of the recognizance (Art. 448, subdiv. 4, Code Crim. Proc.), but as there was no exception taken to it on this ground, it comes too late after answer to the merits.

¶3Because of the variance between the pleadings and proof, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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