Thomas v. State

The offense is unlawfully carrying a pistol; the punishment, confinement in the county jail for six months.

Appellant filed a motion in arrest of judgment, alleging, in substance, that the person making the complaint upon which the information was based did not make affidavit to the facts contained therein. The evidence heard by the court on the motion is without contradiction that the complaint was not sworn to before the county attorney, and that the county attorney’s stenographer,. in Ms absence, signed the county attorney’s name to the complaint and information.

A prosecution by information…