Bennett v. State

<p>Appeal, from (3-nadaloupe. The case was tried before Hon. John Ireland, one of the district judges.</p> <p>The defendant was indicted and found guilty of playing cards at a public place, and he appealed.</p> <p>The parties all argued the case upon the merits. Ho one moved to dismiss the appeal for want of sufficient recognizance. But the case turned upon that point. The recognizance read as follows:</p> <p>“ Come Gr. S. Bennett, as principal, and Jo. Johnson and John Holland, as sureties, who acknowledged themselves to owe and be indebted to the state of Texas in the sum of $100 each, to be void upon condition that the said Gr. S. Bennett shall make his personal appearance at the next term of the district court of G-uadaloupe county, and there remain from day to day, and from term to term, to abide the decision of the supreme court in the above-styled cause, now on appeal, and not depart the same without leave of the court.”</p>