Burton v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the county court of Wise County of the misdemeanor offense of driving a car while intoxicated, and by the jury fined the sum of $50.00, and he appeals.

The testimony of the sheriff and his deputy shows that about dark on August 10, 1945, they were traveling on highway 24, in Wise County, Texas, and observed an automobile parked on the roadside. They stopped their car and turned around and. the parked car immediately began to move away at a high rate of speed. They pursued this car for about three and one-half miles at a speed of 60 or 70 miles per hour…