Case Name: WILLITS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1932-02-10
Citations: 46 S.W.2d 328
Docket Number: No. 14837
Parties: WILLITS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 46
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
WILLITS v. STATE.
No. 14837.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 10, 1932.
Lamar Bethea, of Bryan, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Conviction for unlawfully - carrying a pistol ; punishment, a fine of $100.
The prosecution is upon complaint and information. The complaint has no jurat of any officer'certifying that same was subscribed and sworn to before him. The complaint is fatally defective. The jurat of some officer authorized by law to administer oaths is necessary to verify the fact that the complaint was properly sworn to. Scott v. State, 9 Tex. App. 434; Robertson v. State, 25 Tex. App. 529, 8 S. W. 659; Stalcup v. State, 99 Tex. Cr. R. 415, 269 S. W. 1044.
. The judgment will be reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.