THOMAS v. STATE

No. 27968.

288 S.W.2d 791 (1956)

George Everett THOMAS, Jr. v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen & Street, by Robert B. Allen, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., Thomas B. Thorpe, Charles S. Potts, Asst. Criminal Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of marijuana; the punishment, five years.

Officer Boyd testified that "a stool pigeon" whom he had known for some time and whom he knew to have been to the Federal penitentiary for a violation of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421 et seq., came to the City Hall and told him, in company with Officers Cantrell and Hart, that the appellant had almost a pound of marijuana and "was also messing with our...

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