
    VEGA v. STATE.
    (No. 9921.)
    (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
    Feb. 24, 1926.)
    Criminal law &wkey;>II3l('5).
    Court is without jurisdiction of appeal perfected after accused has escaped, and appeal will be dismissed (Code Cr. Proc. 1925, art. 824).
    Appeal from District Court, Gillespie County; J. H. McDean, Judge.
    Aurelia Vega was convicted of murder, and be appeals.
    Appeal dismissed.
    W. O. Linden,, of San Antonio, and Alfred P. C. Petscb, of Fredericksburg, for appellant.
    Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., of Austin, and Nat Gentry, Jr., Asst. State’s Atty., of Tyler, for the State.
   HAWKINS, J.

Conviction is for murder, punishment being 10 years in the penitentiary.

It is made to appear by affidavit of the sheriff contained in the record that after the appeal was perfected appellant escaped from the custody of such officer. In such case this court loses jurisdiction. Article 824, C. C. P. (1925 Rev.).

The appeal is therefore ordered dismissed.  