W. J. v. State

Decided January 26, 1887

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1887-01-26

Tried below before the Hon. L. D. Bradley. This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment upon the forfeited appearance bond of W. J. alias W. T. Harrell • alias Sam Pryor, bailed under a pretended indictment charging him with cattle theft. The amount of the bond and judgment was two hundred dollars.

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Decided 1887-01-26

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Willson, Judge.

¶1This appeal is from a judgment final upon a forfeited bail bond. The bail bond was executed under a pretended indictment- which had been presented by a body of fourteen persons assuming to act as a grand jury. Such, pretended indictment was a nullity, and all process and proceedings thereunder were void. (Lott v. The State, 18 Texas Ct. App., 627; McNeese v. The State, 19 Texas Ct. App, 48; Swain and Turner v. The State, Id., 323; Williams v. The State, Id., 265.)

¶2The judgment is reversed and the proceeding upon the bail bond is dismissed.

¶3Reversed and dismissed.