Charles v. State

A jury found appellant guilty on a trial on a complaint charging him with driving "a motor vehicle upon a public highway . . . while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs." The case came to the Circuit Court by an appeal by defendant from a conviction in the Jefferson District Court (Bessemer Division). One trial in the Circuit Court resulted in a mistrial by reason of the inability of the jury to reach a verdict. In the trial now under consideration there were only two witnesses, the officer who arrested the defendant while driving the vehicle on the occasion involved…