Warren v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for driving while intoxicated; the punishment, seven days in jail and a fine of $200.

The proof shows that on the day in question City Marshal Clarence Bearden, of Mingus, received a call between 6 and 6:30 o’clock, p. m., that there had been a wreck on State Highway 108 between Mingus and Strawn in Palo Pinto County. In response to the call, Officer Bearden went, in company with his son, to the scene — which was 1.3 miles west of Mingus. When they arrived some five minutes after receiving the call, the appellant was leaning against a Chevrolet pickup truck…