GREER v. STATE

No. 28192.

292 S.W.2d 122 (1956)

Elizabeth GREER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howze & Howze, by John Howze, Monahans, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

Our original opinion is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor.

The conviction is for the possession of heroin, a narcotic drug; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

The testimony of two police officers shows that the appellant had in her possession a small bottle cap in which was a small piece of wet cotton.

The chemist testified that he extracted the contents of the bottle top with hot water...

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