State v. Griffin

An information was filed in the Circuit Court of Lafayette County by which appellant was charged with operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition. The venue was changed to the Circuit Court of Pettis County, where he was tried and convicted. In accordance with the verdict of the jury, he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for three years, and appealed.

It appears from the evidence produced by the State that, about four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, June 6, 1926, appellant and Harris Kemper and Miss Frances Crowley drove into the garage of Charles Kufel in…