Inman v. State

Inman has appealed from a conviction of public drunkenness with his punishment fixed at a fine of $1. The presentment under which said conviction was had reads:

“Tip Inman, heretofore, to-wit; on the — —day of October, 1951, in said County and State, was then and there unlawfully, openly, and publicly drunk, in • a public place in said County, against the peace and dignity of the State.”

A motion to quash this indictment was made and overruled. The question made by this motion has been duly preserved and is presented and argued before us. The question raised is that the presentment as above…