Skaggs v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for the subsequent offense of driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 6 months in jail and a fine of $500.

A former appeal by appellant from the conviction was dismissed by this court for want of a sentence. Skaggs v. State, 166, Texas Cr. Rep. 88, 311 S.W. 2d 410. Subsequent to the order dismissing the appeal, sentence was duly pronounced upon appellant and his appeal from the conviction is now before us.

The state’s witness Loren C. Trent, testified that on the morning of January 19, 1956, he was driving his pick-up truck…