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MORROW, P. J. The offense is operating-a pool hall, denounced by article 653, P. Cl 1925; penalty fixed at a fine of $25. The trial took place in the county court upon an information filed by the county attorney. A prosecution upon an information is-authorized only when the information is based upon a sworn complaint. See article-415, C. C. P. 1925. In the absence of the-complaint, the prosecution cannot stand. The • judgment of conviction is reversed, and the prosecution ordered dismissed.. Branch’s-Ann. Tex. P. C. p. 269, § 520; Compton v. State, 71 Tex. Cr. R. 7, 158 S. W. 515; McDonald v. State, 86 Tex. Cr. R. 304, 216 S. W. 166; Thomas v. State, 107 Tex. Cr. R. 593, 298 S. W. 590; article 415, Vernon’s Ann. Tex. C. C. P. 1925, vol. 1, 1928 Annual Pocket Part, p. 23, note 5.