McCollum v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for driving an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, a fine of $250 and ten days in jail.

We are confronted, at the outset, with the question as to whether the trial court has certified error in this case.

The driving of the automobile occurred in Coryell County, but, according to the state’s contention, within four hundred yards of the Hamilton County line, where the venue of this case was laid and trial was had.

In Bill of Exception No. Two, which complains of the refusal of the trial court to instruct a verdict of “not…