Case Name: BROWN et al. v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-02
Citations: 114 S.W.2d 879
Docket Number: No. 19340
Parties: BROWN et al. v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 114
Pages: 879–881

Head Matter:
BROWN et al. v. STATE.
No. 19340.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 2, 1938.
Rehearing Denied March 23, 1938.
H. J. Bernard and B. L. Palmer, both of Houston, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
Conviction for a misdemeanor; punishment being assessed against each o f the appellants at a fine of $100.
The proof on the part of the state was sufficient to warrant the conclusion of the court that the defendants operated an open saloon, as charged in the complaint and information.
The trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury. Appellants contend that the judgment is fatally defective in failing to show that the court found them guilty and assessed against each of them a fine of $100. In our opinion, the judgment, in its entirety, discloses that the trial judge found the appellants guilty.and assessed a fine against each of them in the sum of $100. Following the finding of the court, the judgment is irregular in referring to the appellants as "the defendant." The judgment is therefore reformed to show that the state of Texas shall have and recover from each of the defendants a fine of $100.
Appellants contend that the complaint and information are insufficient. In the case of A. Lamantia v. State of Texas, 113 S.W.2d 186, this day delivered, we sustained a complaint and information charging the offense in substantially the same language as it is herein charged.
As reformed, the judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.