Ames v. State

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted in the 91st Judicial District Court of Eastland County under a plea of not guilty of a misdemeanor offense of driving while intoxicated and assessed punishment at a fine of fifty dollars and three days in jail.

Under the provisions of Article 1970-141a, Vernon’s Ann. R.C.S., Acts of 52nd Legislature, page 671, chapter 388, jurisdiction in misdemeanor cases, where a plea of not guilty is entered, was conferred upon the district court of Eastland County. King v. State, 158 Texas Cr. R. 347, 255 S.W. 2d 879.

The record shows that appellant was tried…