Case Name: SCOTT v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1938-02-09
Citations: 114 S.W.2d 564
Docket Number: No. 19397
Parties: SCOTT v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 114
Pages: 564–565

Head Matter:
SCOTT v. STATE.
No. 19397.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 9, 1938.
Rehearing Denied March 23, 1938.
Tom L. Robinson, of Gatesville, and H. S. Beard, of Waco, for appellant.
Lloyd W. Davidson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
KRUEGER, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the speed law and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $5.
The State's testimony shows that on the 6th day of June, 1937, the sheriff of Coryell county, accompanied by his deputy, were traveling on highway No. 7 from Gates-ville to Waco. They observed appellant in his automobile traveling at the rate of about 75 miles per hour and undertook to arrest him. In their efforts, they ran him through the town of Gatesville to a point several miles beyond said town, where appellant's car bogged down in soft ground. The sheriff and his deputy were dressed in plain citizens' clothes and had no warrant for his arrest. Appellant offered no affirmative testimony.
He asserts two grounds as to why his conviction is not authorized by law. First, because the officers had no warrant for his arrest; second, because they were not clothed in certain uniforms and had no official badge displayed on their person.
Appellant is mistaken in both of the positions taken by him. Article 803, P. C., gives officers the authority to arrest persons without warrant who operate automobiles upon the public highways in excess of 45 miles per hour and deal with him as provided by article 792, P.C. His second contention is of no merit; in the case of Ex parte Heiling, 128 Tex.Cr.R. 399, 82 S.W.2d 644, this court held that the statute requiring officers to wear certain uniforms, caps, and official badges, was in contravention of the State Constitution.
Appellant objected to certain remarks made by the district attorney in his closing .argument to the jury, and which he has brought forward for consideration by proper bills of exception. After a careful review of these matters, we have reached the conclusion that they are without merit and .fail to show reversible error.
The judgment of the trial court is af-firmed.
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.