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90 Tex. Crim. 189

234 S.W 1119

Cates v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 19, 1921

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1921-10-19

Tried below before the Honorable W. R. Spencer. Appeal from a conviction of forgery; penalty, four years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Decided 1921-10-19

HAWKINS, Judge.

¶1 Conviction was for forgery. It is made to appear that pending this appeal the defendant has escaped from the custody of the sheriff of Lubbock County, Texas, who was holding him in the jail of that county under conviction in this case, as well as under conviction in another case from Lubbock County.

¶2 By reason of such escape the jurisdiction of this court no longer attaches, and the appeal is dismissed. Art. 912, Vernon’s C. C. P.

¶3 Dismissed.

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