Redding v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

This is a conviction for unlawfully operating an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment,- six months in jail and a fine of $100.

The state’s proof shows that appellant was operating an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated at the time and place as charged.

Appellant did not testify but offered Thomas J. King, who testified that they had been drinking wine and that appellant was driving until they picked up a hitch-hiker about sixty miles from where they had trouble with the automobile, and that the hitch-hiker drove after he was with them.…