Case Name: Frank D. Eason v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-03-19
Citations: 69 Tex. Crim. 634
Docket Number: No. 2368
Parties: Frank D. Eason v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 634–635

Head Matter:
Frank D. Eason v. State.
No. 2368.
Decided March 19, 1913.
Local Option—Information—Complaint.
Where the complainant swore positively to a sale instead of his belief, and the information and complaint did not negative the fact that a sale was' not made on a prescription, etc., the same were, nevertheless, sufficient.
Appeal from the County Court of Gonzales. Tried below before the Hon. W. B. Green.
Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the local option law; penalty, a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in the county jail.
The opinion states the ease.
No brief on file for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.
On question of sufficiency of complaint and information: Slack v. State, 61 Texas Crim. Rep., 372.

Opinion:
HARPER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of selling intoxicating liquors in prohibition territory and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25 and twenty days confinement in jail.
There are no bills of exception and no statement of facts accompanying the record. However, appellant moved to quash the complaint and information on two grounds, and these should be considered: First, because complainant swears positively to a sale,
instead of alleging "that he has reason to believe and does believe. ' This presents no ground to quash, and neither does the second, that the complaint and information does not negative the fact that a sale was not made on prescription, etc.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.