Robertson v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hon. J. M. Roseborough, County Judge. The conviction was for carrying a pistol, and the penalty assessed was a fine of twenty-five dollars and confinement in the county jail for twenty days.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
A complaint without a jurat will not support an information. (Scott v. The State, 9 Texas Ct. App, 434.) A jurat is the certificate of the officer before whom the complaint is made, stating that the same was sworn to and subscribed by the affiant before him, and it must be signed officially by such officer.
In this case the original paper which purports to be the complaint upon which the information is based is sent up with and incorporated in the record. Upon an inspection of it we find that it is not verified by a jurat. What purports to be a jurat is signed “W. H. Edell,” and…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1950
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Willits v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932