KENNEDY v. STATE

No. 33129.

344 S.W.2d 885 (1961)

M. K. KENNEDY, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith, Mehaffy, McNicholas & Weber, Beaumont (Quentin Keith, Beaumont, of counsel), for appellant.

Ramie Griffin, Crim. Dist. Atty., Jim Vollers, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anthony G. Brocato, Asst. City Atty., Beaumont, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a prosecution under a complaint charging a violation of a city ordinance of the City of Beaumont which prohibits the blowing of a railroad whistle except where there is imminent danger of an accident; the punishment assessed in the County Court at Law on appeal was a fine in the sum of $125.

Under such a complaint, it became incumbent upon the prosecution to prove:

(1) That appellant blew the whistle, and

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