ALLEN v. STATE

No. 26444.

259 S.W.2d 225 (1953)

ALLEN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 20, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ayres K. Ross, Austin, for appellant.

J. B. Kershaw, County Atty., Bastrop, and Wesley Dice, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for carrying a pistol; the punishment a fine of $100.

Appellant waived a jury and was tried before the court.

The evidence shows without dispute that a pistol was found on the seat of appellant's truck when he was arrested at a filling station in Bastrop, after he had driven the truck from his home near Elgin and had stopped at the station. This proof was sufficient to sustain the trial judge's finding that appellant...

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