Case Name: NELSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1924-04-02
Citations: 261 S.W. 1046
Docket Number: No. 8597
Parties: NELSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 261
Pages: 1046–1046

Head Matter:
NELSON v. STATE.
(No. 8597.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 2, 1924.
Rehearing Denied May 28, 1924.)
On Motion for Rehearing.
Criminal law <&wkey;13 — Highways <&wkey;!66— Municipal corporations <&wkey;703( I)— Statute prohibiting one under influence of. liquor from driving motor vehicle held valid.
Statute, prohibiting operation of motor vehicle within limits of incorporated city or town or on public highway by person intoxicated or in any degree under the influence of intoxicating liquor, held proper exercise of police power, and not invalid as not stating offense in plain and intelligible language.
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Appeal from Criminal District Court, Dallas County; C. A. Pippen, Judge.
V. G. Nelson was convicted of unlawfully operating a motor vehicle when he was under the influence of liquor, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
Mays, Chaney & Dailey, of Dallas, for appellant:.
Tom Garrard, State’s Atty., and Grover 0. Morris, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MORROW, P. J.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully operating a motor vehicle upon a public street while under the influence of liquor; punishment assessed at a fine of $209.
The record is before us without statement of facts or bill of exceptions. Tbe indictment is regular. No error has been pointed out or discovered.
The judgment is affirmed.