Case Name: R. O. Smith v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1929-02-20
Citations: 112 Tex. Crim. 136
Docket Number: No. 12459
Parties: R. O. Smith v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 136–136

Head Matter:
R. O. Smith v. The State.
No. 12459.
Delivered February 20, 1929.
The opinion states the case.
No brief filed for appellant.
A. A. Dawson of Canton, State’s Attorney, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— The offense is operating a pool hall denounced by Art. 653, P. C., 1925; penalty fixed at a fine of $25.00.
The trial took place in the county court upon an information filed by the county attorney. A prosecution upon an information is authorized only when the information is based upon a sworn complaint. See Art. 415, C. C. P., 1925. In the absence of the complaint, the prosecution cannot stand. The judgment of conviction is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed. Branch's Ann. Tex. P. C., p. 269, sec. 520; Compton v. State, 158 S. W. 515; McDonald v. State, 216 S. W. 166; Thomas v. State, 298 S. W. 590; Art. 415, Vernon's Ann. Tex. C. C. P., 1925, Vol. 1, 1928 Annual Pocket Part, p. 23, note 5.
Reversed and dismissed.