Porter v. State

POWELL, Presiding Judge.

Clinton Tiny Porter was charged by information in the County Court of Harper County with the offense of driving a motor vehicle on a public road while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was tried before a jury, convicted, and his punishment assessed at 30 days in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $50.

The evidence developed that defendant, a 27 year old ex-service man and native of the area, was on September 14, 1959 employed by the Christian Oil Well Service on a rig about 15 or 16 miles west of Laverne, Harper County, as a derrick hand. He had been so…