Townsend v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for negligent homicide in the second degree; the punishment, 6 months in jail.

The charging part of both the complaint and information reads:

“That heretofore, to-wit, on or about the 12th day of May A, D. 1951, and before the making and filing of this complaint, in the County of Eastland, and State of Texas Robert Dwight Townsend was then and there in the performance of an unlawful act, to wit, was operating a motor vehicle, to wit, a passenger car upon a public highway in Eastland County, Texas, without having been licensed in this State as an operator,…