Case Name: Melvin Bertie Hicks v. State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1952-05-07
Citations: 158 Tex. Crim. 45
Docket Number: No. 25854
Parties: Melvin Bertie Hicks v. State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 45–48

Head Matter:
Melvin Bertie Hicks v. State.
No. 25854.
May 7, 1952.
Rehearing Denied June 18, 1952.
Appellant’s Second Motion for Rehearing Denied (Without Written Opinion) October 15, 1952.
Leo Darley, Uvalde, for appellant.
George P. Blackburn, State’s Attorney, Austin, for the state.

Opinion:
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of a charge of driving an automobile on a certain public road in Uvalde County while intoxicated, and was assessed a penalty of $50.00.
The evidence amply sustains the conviction and requires no discussion. Great stress is laid, in the appeal, on the use of the word "certain" in the complaint and information. In the construction of the sentence in which it is found, the word neither adds to nor detracts from the meaning which it would have if the word "certain" had not appeared. The objection need not be considered.
Nine bills of exception appear in the record.
Bill No. 1 raises a question as to the right of the officers to arrest appellant without a warrant. The officers testified that they saw him zig-zagging in the highway and became suspicious. When they approached him they smelled whisky. He was taken in charge and the jury found, under the evidence, that he was intoxicated. Their finding disposes of the issue.
The other eight bills complain of alleged misconduct of the jury in. considering the case. The state has raised an objection to the consideration of these bills because they are not fully in compliance with the law. We have considered the evidence introduced on the motion for a new trial and it is our conclusion that the testimony of the only jurors, three in number, who testified' in the case wholly fails to support the allegation's, in the motion.
We find no reversible error and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.