Betels v. State

Feb 10, 1943
No. 22396
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Hawkins
HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for unlawfully practicing medicine, punishment assessed at a fine ‍​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‍of $50.00.

The prosecution was by complaint and information. The complaint recites that the party making it has good reason to believe that appellant committed ‍​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‍the offense charged, but there is omitted from said complaint the further averment that complainant “does believe” appellant committed said offense. The latter averment is ‍​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‍a statutory requisite. See Subdivision 2, Art. 222 C. C. P.; Smith v. State, 103 Tex. Cr. R. 228, 280 S. W. 581 and cases therein cited. ‍​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‍Also, see authorities in Note 11 under Art. 222 in Vernon’s Ann. Texas C. C. P., Vol. 1, and in Branch’s Ann. Tex. P. ‍​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‍C., Sec. 478, page 248.

The judgment is reversed and the prosecution ordered dismissed.