Pugh v. State

Appellant-defendant, on appeal from the General Sessions Court of Mobile County, was found guilty by a jury of driving a motor vehicle on a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. The court sentenced him to imprisonment in the Mobile County Jail for a period of sixty days.

Briefly, it appears that defendant was traveling in an automobile on a public highway when he was observed and clocked by a highway patrolman traveling at an excessive speed. The officer gave chase that culminated on a dirt exit off the public road where defendant stopped and refused to be…