Robertson v. State

Citations

25 Tex. Ct. App. 529
8 S.W. 659
1888 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 91

Syllabus

<p>Jurat—Complaint, unless authenticated by the jurat of the officer before whom, it was made, will not. support an information. Such a jurat is the certificate of the officer, signed officially by him, and stating that the affiant subscribed and swore to the complaint before him. An illegible pen-and-ink scrawl will not suffice to designate an official signature.</p>

Judges: Willson

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2 cases in this archive cite this case.

Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1956-10-24· cited 4×
Willits v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1932-02-10

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