Court Opinion

ID: 9833028
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 22:22:46.98879+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:57.927237
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On Motion for Rehearing.
Appellant contends in his motion for a rehearing that in passing upon’ the general demurrer we should have looked not only to the petition but also to the answer, and, if we had done so, we would have found a copy of the affidavit and search warrant attached to the answer of the defendants Galbraith, Adams, Combs, and Dickinson. We do not disagree with the contention that we should have also referred to the answer.
The affidavit and search warrant so attached removes all doubt as to whether or not the warrant was legally issued. The affidavit, on its face, is not sufficient to-warrant the issuing of a search warrant. The affidavit is made upon the information and belief of the officers, and no attempt is made to set out in the affidavit what that information was. The case of Chapin v. State, 107 Tex. Cr. R. 477, 296 S. W. 1095, is directly in point, holding that such an affidavit is insufficient to support the issuance of a search-warrant, and that, where a search warrant is issued upon such an affidavit, the warrant is void, and any search made under it is an illegal search such as is prohibited by U. S. Constitution, Amend. 4, Texas Constitution,art. 1, § 9.
The motion for a rehearing is overruled.