Biggs v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of false imprisonment and given a term of one year in the county jail, and he appeals.

On January 10, 1950, appellant, an adult male, 23 years old, was driving a Crosley station wagon in the city of Houston in the morning hours. He drove near two school children within a short distance of the Burbank Elementary School, where these children were going. One child was a girl, eleven years old, and the other, her brother, who was eight years old. Appellant opened the door of his car and asked the girl if she wanted to ride, and she declined the…