Seale v. State

256 S.W.2d 86 (1953)

SEALE

v.

STATE.

No. 26106.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 4, 1953.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1953.

Tom Garrard, W.C. (Calloway) Huffaker, Jr. and Harold Green, Tahoka, for appellant.

Mitchell Williams, County Atty., Tahoka, George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the jury having assessed the punishment at a fine of $500.

The appeal is predicated upon the sole contention that appellant was neither required nor permitted to plead to the information and…