Steele (Alias Tater Steele) v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

It was charged against appellant that while intoxicated he drove an automobile upon a public highway in the City of Bonham. Upon conviction the punishment assessed was imprisonment in the county jail for 90 days and a prohibition against driving an automobile upon any highway in the state for a period of two years.

The State’s evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s finding that appellant was intoxicated at the time he was driv ing the automobile. Appellant denied that he was drunk from the use of intoxicating liquor, but claimed that he had taken two ounces of paregoric,…