Bradburn v. State

HEHDERS OH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the local option law, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days imprisonment in the county jail; hence this appeal.

On motion the State supplied the complaint upon which the prosecution was based, which was alleged to have been lost. Appellant objected to this on the ground that there was no authority of law to supply complaints ; that the law only applied to the substitution of indictments and informations. Article 470, Code of Criminal Procedure, only relates to indictments and informations, saying nothing about…