Case Name: HERRING v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-06-11
Citations: 35 S.W.2d 737
Docket Number: No. 13434
Parties: HERRING v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 35
Pages: 737–739

Head Matter:
HERRING v. STATE.
No. 13434.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
June 11, 1930.
Appeal Reinstated June 26, 1930.
On the Merits Oct. 8, 1930.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 18, 1931.
Application for Leave to File Second Motion for Rehearing Withdrawn March 13, 1931.
Miller •& Price, of Waco, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Canton, for the State.

Opinion:
CHRISTIAN, j.
The offense is driving an automobile on a street in an incorporated city while intoxicated ; the punishment, a fine of $150 and confinement in jail for 90 days.
The recognizance is fatally defective. It is recited therein that appellant stands charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated, and that he has been convicted of the offense of driving an automobile while intoxicated. We have no statute forbidding one, in terms, from operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. In order to come within the prohibition of the statute, the accused must drive or operate such motor vehicle upon a street or alley or other place within the limits of an incorporated city, town, or village, or upon a public road or highway within the state. Article 802, P. C.; Nicholson v. State, 110 Tex. Cr. R. 112, 7 S.W.(2d) 1075; McFadden v. State, 108 Tex. Cr. R. 166, 300 S. W. 54.
The appeal is dismissed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.
On Motion to Reinstate.
CHRISTIAN, J.
The appeal was dismissed at a former day of the term because of an insufficient recognizance. A 'sufficient bond, properly approved, having been timely filed, the appeal is reinstated, and the case will stand for later consideration on its merits.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.