Hatley v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for the repetition of the offense of driving an automobile on a public highway while intoxicated, in.which the jury assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary.

Contention is seriously made that the evidence is not sufficient to support a conviction because the State failed to show jurisdiction in that they did not show the offense was committed in the State of Texas, or in Taylor County. W. C. Herring, a former policeman of the City of Abilene, testified in behalf of the State that on the 18th of September, 1946, he and Mr. Holliday,…