Case Name: James C. Herron v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1947-06-25
Citations: 150 Tex. Crim. 475
Docket Number: No. 23733
Parties: James C. Herron v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 150
Pages: 475–476

Head Matter:
James C. Herron v. The State.
No. 23733.
Delivered June 25, 1947.
Maxwell Burkett, of San Antonio, for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State’s Attorney, of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
GRAVES, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in á trial before the County Court' at Law for an aggravated assault upon an officer and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail.
It is noted that in the complaint the date of the charged offense is "cn or about the 6 day of December, A. D. 19 — ," etc., evidently an impossible date at this time. It is also noted that the information based upon the complaint contains the date of the offense as the 6th day of December, 1946, thus constituting a variance between the complaint and information. This is fatal to the conviction. See Branch's Ann. Tex. P. C., p. 230, secs. 435 and 436.
In the event of the filing of a new complaint and information, we call attention to Art. 214, C. C. P., which authorizes cities and towns to establish rules authorizing the arrest without warr rant of certain persons. If the City of San Antonio has such an. ordinance, it should be shown in the statement of facts.
On account of the date set forth in the complaint being without the statute of limitations, this judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.