I can point to two things that I've read myself that I believe @b_freely has mentioned in the past:
1) Texas Constitution article 5 section 12 (b)
The presentment of an indictment or information to a court invests the court with jurisdiction of the cause.
2) Texas code of criminal procedure Article 27.01
The primary pleading in a criminal action on the part of the State is the indictment or information.
Summary:
The Texas Constitution clearly states and describes what is required to invest jurisdiction in a criminal court. This is backed up and repeated in Article 27.01 of the code of criminal procedure.
In no way is a complaint described as having the power that DA's and municipal judges claim that they have. Every time I've heard a city attorney or a district attorney attempt to explain this they only cite the statute that states the requirements of the sufficiency of a complaint, and then they lie to the court and claim that that is not sufficiency of the complaint but instead that that is the sufficiency of the complaint to serve as a sufficient charging instrument on its own.
Amtrak is not conducting private business. If they were, they could refuse cash.
Section 31 U.S.C. 5103
Section 31 U.S.C. 5103
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