Case Name: Charles Jackson v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1957-11-13
Citations: 165 Tex. Crim. 302
Docket Number: No. 29,253
Parties: Charles Jackson v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 302–302

Head Matter:
Charles Jackson v. State
No. 29,253.
November 13, 1957.
No attorney for appellant of record on appeal.
Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
BELCHER, Judge.
The conviction is for carrying a pistol; the punishment, a fine of $100.
Both the complaint and information charge that the appellant did unlawfully carry "on or about" his person a pistol.
A complaint and information which charges that the accused did carry on or about his person a pistol, because of the use of the word "or" rather than the word "and," renders such allegation uncertain and the complaint and information defective. Art. 483, Vernon's A.P.C.; 44 Texas Jur. p. 477, Sec. 34; 2 Branch (2d Ed.) Sec. 975; Evage v. State, 136 Texas Cr. Rep. 318, 125 S.W. (2d) 295; Wilson v. State, 151 Texas Cr. Rep. 570, 209 S.W. (2d) 598; Scott v. State, 153 Texas Cr. Rep. 492, 221 S.W. (2d) 608.
Because of the insufficiency of the complaint and information, the judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
Opinion approved by the court.