HAYES v. STATE

No. 27997.

288 S.W.2d 771 (1956)

Schyler Lewis HAYES, alias Dodd Hayes, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Hunt, Robert Fairchild, Center, for appellant.

Richard E. McDaniel, County Atty., Center, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for driving a motor vehicle upon a public highway while intoxicated; the punishment, 90 days in jail and a fine of $100.

Appellant, on the day in question, was driving an old pick-up truck. He was traveling on the public highway a mile or two of Timpson, and a "near headon" collision occurred between his pick-up and an automobile traveling in the opposite direction, toward Timpson.

The collision occurred...

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