Case Name: Frank Willits v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1932-02-10
Citations: 119 Tex. Crim. 117
Docket Number: No. 14837
Parties: Frank Willits v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 117–118

Head Matter:
Frank Willits v. The State.
No. 14837.
Delivered February 10, 1932.
The opinion states the case.
Lamar Bethea, of Bryan, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, Judge.
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 Texas App., 434; Robertson v. State, 25 Texas App., 529, 8 S. W., 659; Stalcup v. State, 99 Texas Crim. Rep., 415, 269 S. W., 1044.
The judgment will be reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
Dismissed.