Case Name: J. D. Smith v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1926-02-17
Citations: 103 Tex. Crim. 228
Docket Number: No. 9884
Parties: J. D. Smith v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 228–229

Head Matter:
J. D. Smith v. State.
No. 9884.
Delivered February 17, 1926.
J. R. Bogard, of San Augustine, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Attorney, and Nat Gentry, Jr., Assistant State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
HAWKINS, Judge.
Appeal is from a conviction for unlawfully carrying a pistol, the punishment being a fine of $100.00.
Prosecution was by complaint and information. The complaint recites that affiant has "good reason to believe" that appellant committed the offense charged, but omitted the further allegation required by the Statute, "and does believe," (Sub. 2, Art. 222, C. C. P. 1925 Revision.) This defect was. pointed out by motion in arrest of judgment which was overruled. It should have been sustained. Smith v. State, 45 Tex. Crim. Rep. 411, 76 S. W. 436; Tompkins v. State, 77 S. W. 800; Green v. State, 62 Tex. Crim. Rep. 50, 136 S. W. 467; Exparte Ross, 97 Tex. Crim. Rep. 451, 261 S. W. 1042.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.
Reversed and dismissed.