Case Name: Lorenzo Aleman v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1955-12-07
Citations: 162 Tex. Crim. 265
Docket Number: No. 27,900
Parties: Lorenzo Aleman v. State
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 162
Pages: 265–266

Head Matter:
Lorenzo Aleman v. State
No. 27,900.
December 7, 1955
Kelley, Looney, McLecm & Littleton, Sidney Farr, and Charles Weaver, by Sidney Farr, Edinburg, for appellant.
Jim Bates, Criminal District Attorney, by Dave Horger, Jr., First Assistant Criminal District Attorney, Edinburg, and Leon Douglas, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
BELCHER, Judge.
The conviction is for contributing to the delinquency of a minor; the punishment, 90 days in jail.
In view of our disposition of this case a statement of the facts will be omitted.
Attorneys for the state confess error in this cause and in doing so agree with the contention of the appellant that the complaint and information are void because the jurat on the complaint shows that the oath of the affiant was administered by one person in the name of another.
The jurat on the complaint shows that the oath was adminstered to the affiant in the name of Jim Bates, County Attorney, Hidalgo County, Texas; Criminal District Attorney, Hidalgo County, Texas, by Raul L. Longoria, Assistant.
The oath to the affiant, under the facts here presented, cannot be legally administered by the assistant in the name of his principal, and for that reason the complaint herein is void, as well as the information based thereon. 12 Texas Jur. 585, Sec. 258; Stalcup v. State, 99 Texas Cr. R. 415, 269 S.W. 1044.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
Opinion approved by the court.