Case Name: Tom JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1956-10-03
Citations: 294 S.W.2d 828
Docket Number: No. 27929
Parties: Tom JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 294
Pages: 828–829

Head Matter:
Tom JONES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.
No. 27929.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Oct. 3, 1956.
J. P. Moseley, Dallas, for appellant.
Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Charles S.' Potts, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State’s Atty.,' Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORRISON, Presiding Judge.
The offense is driving while intoxicated; the punishment, 30 days, in jail and a- fine of $50.
The sole question presented for review is the legality of the arrest of the appellant and the admissibility of the evidence of those who observed him following the arrest.
The arrest was' made by an agent of the Treasury Department- of the United States Government. He was not acting in his official capacity or in connection with his employment. He had no warrant authorizing appellant's arrest.
Attracted by the manner in which appellant was driving his automobile, the arresting party decided to arrest him, in the belief that he was in no condition to drive the car. All thé evidence showing appellant's intoxication at the time of the arrest was the resiilt of and by reason of the arrest.
It is insisted that the arrest was illegal.
This identical contention was overruled in McEathron v. State, No. 27, 739, Tex.Cr.App., 294 S.W.2d 822.
Finding no reversible error, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.