Brooks v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

Appellant was convicted for the violation of Art. 6687b, § 27, V.A.R.C.S.; and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $50.

The information upon which this conviction was predicated alleged that appellant “did then and there unlawfully drive and operate a motor vehicle upon a public *318highway, to-wit: U. S. Highway Number 80, situated within said county and state, while his, the said Keith Brook’s, drivers license was suspended.”

In Hassell v. State, 149 Tex.Cr.R. 333, 194 S.W.2d 400, 401, we said:

“There being no such license as a ‘driver’s’ license known to the law, it…