Taylor v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of driving a car on a public highway while intoxicated, and his punishment assessed at a $60.00 fine and fifteen days’ confinement in the county jail.

It is made to appear in the record that the appellant had, prior to the instant case, been given a suspended sentence for the same offense in another and different case. This was not, however, proven in the main trial of the case. It was alleged in a motion for new trial that the jurors had mentioned and discussed this fact in the jury room prior to the rendition of their verdict. Four jurors…