WOODLEY, Judge.
The conviction is for possession of marijuana, a narcotic drug; the punishment, six years in the penitentiary.
The trial was had on June 14, 1955, which was prior to the effective date of the Act of the 54th Legislature, p. 903, Ch. 354, Vernon's Ann.P.C. art. 725b, § 23, which amended the punishment for violation of the Uniform Narcotic Act so as to deny the benefits of the suspended sentence law to one convicted for its violation.
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