State v. Kissinger

In the Circuit Court of Camden County, Missouri, the appellant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the county jail for one year and a fine of $100. From that judgment and sentence, he has duly appealed.

The appellant’s first contention is that his peremptory instructions in the nature of demurrers to the evidence should have been given.

Section 7783, Revised Statutes 1929, paragraph (g), provides that “no person shall operate a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition.’’’ Therefore, to sustain a…