Case Name: V. G. Nelson v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-04-02
Citations: 97 Tex. Crim. 210
Docket Number: No. 8597
Parties: V. G. Nelson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 97
Pages: 210–211

Head Matter:
V. G. Nelson v. The State.
No. 8597.
Decided April 2, 1924.
Unlawfully Operating Motor Vehicle — Validity of Statute.
Where appellant was convicted of unlawfully operating a motor vehicle upon a public street while under the influence of liquor in an appeal therefrom to this court contending that the law was void and inoperative because it did not state an offense in certain plain and intelligible language as that it can be understood, held that the Act in question is valid and the conviction is sustained.
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Dallas. Tried below before the Hon. C. A. Pippen.
Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully operating a motor vehicle on a public street while under the influence of liquor; penalty, a fine of $200.00.
The- opinion states the ease.
Mays, Chaney & Dailey, for appellant.
Cited: Cogdell v. State, 193 S. W. Rep., 675; Griffin v. State, 218 id., 494; Russell v. State, 228 id., 566; Snyder v. State, 230 id., 146; Ex Parte Leslie, 223 id., 227.
Tom Garrard, Attorney for the State, and Grover C. Morris, Assistant Attorney for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully operating a motor vehicle upon a public street while under the influence of liquor; punishment assessed at a fine of two hundred dollars.
The record is before us without statement of facts or bill of exceptions. The indictment is regular. No error has been pointed out or discovered.
The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.