Opinion
No. 16648.
Delivered April 18, 1934.
Appeal Dismissed — Jurisdiction.
Notice of appeal is essential to confer jurisdiction on reviewing court and where transcript fails to so show case will be dismissed.
Appeal from the District Court of Van Zandt County. Tried below before the Hon. Thos. R. Bond, Judge.
Appeal from conviction for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; penalty, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
Appeal dismissed.
The opinion states the case.
Earl M. Greer, of Wills Point, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State's Attorney, of Austin, for the State.
The conviction is for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.
The record is before this court without statement of facts and bills of exception.
The transcript fails to show any notice of appeal. This is essential to confer jurisdiction on the reviewing court. See article 827, Vernon's Ann., C. C. P., 1925, and authorities collated under said article.
The appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.