Bludworth v. State

330 S.W.2d 436 (1959)

John Leonard BLUDWORTH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 30780.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 3, 1959.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1959.

Charles A. Keilin, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Samuel H. Robertson, Jr., and Jack Rawitscher, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for the misdemeanor offense of drunken driving, with punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and seven days in jail.

Five days before the date this case was set for trial,…