Stanley v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The offense is possession of "whiskey in a container to which no stamp was affixed showing the payment of the tax due the State; the punishment, a fine of $100.00.

The jurat affixed to the complaint and affidavit of H. B. Stanley, upon which the information was based, is as follows:

“Sworn to and subscribed by H. B. Stanley, a credible per son, before me, on this the 21st day of August, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-one.

“Joe Gordon, Gray County, Texas.”

Such jurat is insufficient in that it does not show that the complaint was sworn to before an officer authorized to…