SUMMERVILLE v. STATE

No. 28996.

301 S.W.2d 913 (1957)

James Tracy SUMMERVILLE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Spiller, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is carrying a pistol; the punishment, a fine of $100.

The testimony of a regular and an auxiliary policeman of the City of Deer Park reflects that they observed an automobile violating certain traffic regulations, pursued it, and found the appellant to be the driver, and "three or four other people" riding in the automobile, in the glove compartment of which they found a pistol.

We need not pass upon the legality...

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