Chapin v. State

DISSENTING OPINION.

A dissenting opinion can be justified only when the principle announced is believed to be right, and a statement of the reasons for dissent relate to some matter of importance to the people. From the beginning of jurisprudence in Texas until now our courts have had but one rule in regard to the form of affidavits to complaints necessary in the institution of criminal or quasi criminal proceedings, whether such affidavits formed the basis for the arrest and prosecution of men for murder, rape, robbery, burglary, etc., before an examining magistrate, or be the foundation for…