SEARCY v. STATE

No. 32846.

342 S.W.2d 435 (1961)

Tennyson SEARCY et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. P. Ballowe, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., James M. Williamson, Asst. Criminal Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


McDONALD, Judge.

This is an appeal by E. Colley Sullivan and M. E. Fields, sureties on a habeas corpus bond wherein Tennyson Searcy is principal, from the final judgment of Criminal District Court No. 2, of Dallas County, forfeiting said bond.

By motion to quash, appellants challenge the sufficiency of the judgment nisi to support the final judgment forfeiting the bond, for the reason that it fails to conform to Art. 425, Vernon's Ann.C.C.P.

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