Byrom v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge. —

Drunkenness in a public place is the offense; penalty assessed at a fine of one dollar.

The complaint contains the following averment: “Guy Byrom did then and there unlawfully and wilfully get drunk in a public place, to-wit: the public square and streets of the City of Gatesville, Texas.”

The validity of the complaint is challenged upon the ground that it does not state that the public square and streets were public places. There is some variation as. to what places come within the meaning of the use of the words “public place.” That a street is a public place, within…