Andrews v. State

This case is a criminal prosecution, brought by indictment, which charges that the appellant operated a motor vehicle, while in an intoxicated (Condition. Acts 1913, ch. 300, as amended, Acts 1923, ch. 123.

The record discloses, that appellant waived arraignment, and was granted time by the court to plead. Later, without any record that appellant entered a plea, or that he stood mute and a plea of not guilty being entered by the court, he was put upon trial by a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty. *

Appellant’s motion for a new trial for the reason that the verdict was contrary to law,…