MANSON v. STATE

No. 29808.

316 S.W.2d 414 (1958)

Dorothy Ruth MANSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 4, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

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


DICE, Commissioner.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of paraphernalia adapted for the use of narcotic drugs, in violation of Art. 725b, sec. 2(c), Vernon's Ann.P.C.; the punishment, five years confinement in the penitentiary.

The State's testimony shows that the appellant was arrested at a Henke-Pillot Store in the City of Houston after she and her companion were seen taking radios from a counter without paying for same. A subsequent search of...

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