Case Name: AYRES v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1951-10-24
Citations: 245 S.W.2d 706
Docket Number: No. 25406
Parties: AYRES v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 245
Pages: 706–707

Head Matter:
AYRES v. STATE.
No. 25406.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 24, 1951.
On Rehearing Dec. 12, 1951.
Rehearing Denied Deb. 6, 1952.
No attorney on appeal for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Commissioner.
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.