Ward v. State

329 S.W.2d 887 (1959)

E. J. WARD, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30865.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 21, 1959.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1959.

Richard D. Bird, Childress, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $200.

Deputy Sheriff Ingram testified that while on patrol on the night in question he met an automobile which was being driven on its wrong side of the road; that he turned around and gave chase; that when he overtook…