PAIGE v. STATE

No. 27625.

279 S.W.2d 344 (1955)

Stella PAIGE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No attorney on appeal for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Eugene Grady, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, heroin; the punishment, ten years in the penitentiary.

The testimony of two police officers of the City of Houston showed that as they entered a residence they saw appellant jump from a chair in which she was sitting and run into the bathroom. Officer Free testified that while appellant was running he saw a red-colored bottle in her left hand, and that he followed...

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