Case Name: Loraine Ayres v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1951-10-24
Citations: 156 Tex. Crim. 622
Docket Number: No. 25406
Parties: Loraine Ayres v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 156
Pages: 622–624

Head Matter:
Loraine Ayres v. State
No. 25406.
October 24, 1951.
State’s Motion for Rehearing Granted December 12, 1951.
Appellant’s Motion for Rehearing Denied February 6, 1952.
Hon. John Snell, Jr., Judge Presiding.
William H. Scott, Houston for appellant.
Sam W. Davis, Criminal District Attorney, King C. Haynie, Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Houston, and George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for keeping a disorderly house, with punishment assessed at a fine of $200 and twenty days in jail.
The affidavit or complaint upon which the information is predicated states only that the affiant has "good reason to believe" that the offense was committed. Nowhere does the affiant state that she "does believe."
Such a complaint is fatally defective and will not support a valid information.
The judgment is reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.
Opinion approved by the court.