Pooler v. State

The defendant, H. L. Pooler, was by information charged in the district court of Oklahoma county on iSeptember 16, 1938, with driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor; was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of nine months in the state penitentiary, from which judgment and sentence he appeals to this court.

The defendant contends that:(1) The trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict of acquittal or to grant a new trial.(2) That the punishment assessed is excessive and justice requires that the judgment be modified and reversed.

The only reason given by…