Pafford v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is driving an automobile upon a public highway while intoxicated. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of one year.

The record shows that about dark on the night of June 17, 1939, a Texas Ranger, Mr. Gault, on his way from Lubbock to Austin met an automobile near Zepher in Brown County. The driver of this car drove over to the left hand side of the highway and caused the ranger to drive his car down in a pit beside the road. Gault turned around, followed the driver, overtook him, arrested and carried him to jail in Brownwood.…