Hutcheson v. State

Ludie Hutcheson was indicted under section 442 of the Penal Code of 1910, for being intoxicated on a public highway; the accusation alleging that said intoxicated condition was “made manifest by indecent condition or acting.” The evidence showed that the accused was found drunk and asleep, with a man “sorter lying on” her, both under a quilt and on the *55back seat of an automobile, which was on a public highway. The evidence further showed that she was too drunk to walk. In Davis v. State, 14 Ga. App. 572 (81 S. E. 907), we find the following: “The Standard Dictionary (1913), p. 1247, defines…