Stevens v. State

Krueger, Judge.

Conviction is for the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of sale in dry area; punishment, confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days.

The complaint, upon which the information is based, appears to have been made by Luther McCollum and sworn to by him before one T. J. Vaughan. Whether Vaughan was an officer authorized by law to take affidavits or was merely a private citizen with no such authority is not shown, as there is no jurat to the complaint. The necessity for the jurat showing that the oath to the complaint was sworn to before an…