Roderick v. State
Roderick v. State
070rehearing
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.
We have again examined appellant’s 'contention that under a warant authorizing the search of Slim Smith’s house the officers searched appellant’s house. It seems plain from the statement of facts that appellant’s real name was Roderick, but that he was also known as Slim Smith. The evidence on that point is shown in our original opinion. Under the circumstances we see no error in admitting evidence as to the result of the search of the house.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.
Overruled.
Deeming the proper disposition of the case to have been made on the original hearing, the application for leave to file a second motion for rehearing is denied.
Denied.
Opinion of the Court
Conviction for possessing intoxicating liquor for purposes of sale; punishment, eighteen months in the penitentiary.
Appellant has ten bills of exception. Bill No. 1 complains of the “Refusal of appellant’s objections to the court’s charge,” none of which objections are set forth in the bill. Bill No. 2 complains of the refusal of five special charges, none of which appear to be correct presentations of the law.
Bills of exception 3, 4, 5, 10 and 12 bring forward appellant’s complaints of the reception of the testimony from the officers as to what they found upon search of appellant’s house, and it is urged that the search was illegal because “It (reerring to the search warrant) was not signed or certified by two parties as the law requires.” We observe that the search warrant here was correctly signed by the magistrate. The affidavit upon which same was issued was not put before the court, but said issuing magistrate was offered as a witness on behalf of appellant, and testified that he did not know what had become of the affidavit, but that he did know there was a proper affidavit before him when he issued the warrant. We do not regard the fact that in making out the search warrant the magistrate omitted therefrom the initials of one of the two signers of the affidavit, would vitiate the warrant. Title 6 of our Code of Criminal Procedure definitely states the necessary contents of search warrants, and article 316, C. C. P., says: “A warrant to search a suspected place shall be sufficient if it contain the following requisites.” And in naming same we find nowhere any such requisite as that the warrant name the person or persons upon whose affidavit same was issued. The statement appearing in Montalbano v. State, 116 Texas Crim. Rep., 242, that “the search warrant was verified by the affidavit of two witnesses,” was evidently intended to mean that the affidavit for search warrant was so verified, and, therefore, was correctly issued under the facts of that case.
In bill of exceptions No. 4 appellant appears to have objected to testimony as to the result of the search made, — on the ground that the warrant directed the search of a house under the control and care of one Slim Smith, and that the testimony showed that the house searched was under the care of this appellant who claims his name to be Roderick. It appears from the testimony in this record that the trial court
Appellant did not testify or introduce his wife, or any other witness to show that he did not go by the name of Slim Smith, notwithstanding it was a fact peculiarly within his knowledge. The proof here is uncontroverted that appellant was called and known by the name of Slim Smith, hence in law that was his name. In Stokes v. State, 46 Texas Crim. Rep., 358, this court said: “Here the witness testified that she was sometimes called by her husband’s name. The statute only requires that she be known by the name alleged in the indictment, and, where a person is known by two or more names, it shall be sufficient to state either name. Article 444, Code Crim. Proc. We take it that, where a wife is sometimes called by her husband’s name, she is known by that name, and it is not necessary that she be commonly known by that name.” See also Betts v. State, 57 Texas Crim. Rep., 389; Williams v. State, 53 S. W., 859. In article 401, C. C. P., it is expressly stated, — referring to indictments, — that “When a person is known by two or more names,
Appellant’s bill of exceptions No. 7 shows no error in its complaint that appellant was refused permission to argue to the jury the illegality of the search warrant. Bill of exceptions No. 8 brings forward appellant’s objection to the offer in evidence before the court of the search warrant for reasons stated. Same presents no serious ground of complaint. It was proper for the court to examine and pass on the search warrant. Bill of exceptions 11 purports to bring forward objection to testimony of the search of appellant’s car, but sets forth no ground of objection nor reason why this court should hold the admission of the testimony erroneous.
The evidence appears amply sufficient to support the judgment, and same is accordingly affirmed.
Affirmed.
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