Pierce v. State

Conviction for driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated on a street of an incorporated city, punishment assessed at a fine of $400.

The recognizance is defective. It is recited therein that appellant is under indictment for driving an automobile while intoxicated, and that he has been convicted of a misdemeanor. One of the necessary ingredients of the offense denounced by the statute is that the automobile or motor vehicle be driven or operated upon a street or alley or any other place within the limits of an incorporated city, town or village or upon any public road or highway in this state.…