Brown v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This prosecution arose in the justice court, and upon appeal to the county court appellant was convicted of a violation of the speed laws of this state, with punishment assessed at a fine of $200.

The jurat to the complaint reads as follows:

“Sworn to and subscribed by R. B. Christian, a credible person, before on or about the 11 day of Oct. A. D. 1955.”

The attack thereon is twofold: (a) There is no certain date on which the affidavit was made, the term “before on or about” being vague and indefinite, and (b) the officer before whom the affidavit is alleged to have been made…