Court Opinion

ID: 3902707
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 09:32:37.127451+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:23.396026
License: Public Domain

This appeal is brought from a final judgment had upon a forfeited bail bond. The scire facias alleges the execution of said bond to have occurred on the 23rd day of January, 1895. The face of the bond recites as follows: "Signed and dated on this the _____ day of January, A.D. 1895," and was "approved on this the 23rd day of January, A.D. 1895," Henry C. Purl, Sheriff Williamson County, by C.H. Gee, Depty." It was made a ground of exception that there is a variance between the date in the bond and that alleged in the scire facias. We do not think so. The bond recites no particular day. The approval does. Had the bond fixed a day of execution different from the date of approval, and had the scire facias followed the date of approval instead of that set out in the bond, there would have been a variance. In the absence of a showing to the contrary, the bond will be presumed to have ben executed on the date of its approval by the officer taking it. See, Ake v. State, 4 Tex.Crim. App., 120; La Rose v. State, 29 Tex.Crim. App., 215; Williamson v. State, 32 Tex.Crim. Rep.. This is not in conflict with the Bailey case (Tex.Crim.App. 22 S.W. Rep., 40. The recognizance in this latter mentioned case was not dated, whereas the scire facias alleges that it was entered into on April 26th. In the case in hand the date, as above stated, was fixed *Page 73 
by the approval of the bond, and the scire facias alleges that date. It is contended also that the bond sets out no offense against the Penal Code. It recites that "Jno. D. Mills stands charged by complaint duly made with the offense of having and carrying on and about his person 'brass knucks.' " The contention is that "knucks" and "knuckles" are not the same thing, and that, in order to have been an offense, the word "knuckles" should have been used in the bond. The two words mean the same thing, as shown by their definitions. See, Cent. Dict. It is not fatal to complaints, informations, or indictments, that words of the same import as those set out in the statute are used in charging statutory offenses. This is settled in this State. The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.