Ford v. State

The only question presented by this record is whether the mere fact that the defendant went to the private dwelling-house of another in such an intoxicated condition that, in attempting aimlessly to grab at a little child, he fell in the middle of the floor, and, without resistance, was ejected, authorized his conviction under § 442 of the Penal Code. It is contended that there can be no violation of'this section (which forbids any person’s appearing in an intoxicated condition on any public street or within the curtilage of any private residence), unless the intoxication is made manifest by…