Case Name: E. J. WARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1959-10-21
Citations: 329 S.W.2d 887
Docket Number: No. 30865
Parties: E. J. WARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 329
Pages: 887–888

Head Matter:
E. J. WARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 30865.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 21, 1959.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 2, 1959.
Richard D. Bird, Childress, for appellant.
Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, three days in jail and a fine of $200.
Deputy Sheriff Ingram testified that while on patrol on the night in question he met an automobile which was being driven on its wrong side of the road; that he turned around and gave chase; that when he overtook the automobile the appellant was driving and as he got out the appellant demanded to know "why in the hell" he was being stopped; that the appellant staggered, leaned on his automobile, talked with a thick tongue, smelled like beer, and he expressed the opinion that the appellant was intoxicated. Ingram's testimony was corroborated by the witness Whitfield, who was riding with him on the night in question, and by Sheriff Owen, who saw the appellant after his arrival at the jail.
The appellant and his witnesses testified that he had drunk two beers on the night in question but denied that he was intoxicated.
The jury resolved the conflict in the evidence against the appellant, and we find it sufficient to support their verdict.
In his brief, the appellant refers to two formal bills of exception. A search of the record fails to reveal any such bills.
Finding no reversible error, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.