McGOWAN v. STATE

No. 31376.

331 S.W.2d 306 (1960)

Henry McGOWAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Spiller, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Samuel H. Robertson, Jr. Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is unlawful possession of a narcotic drug; the punishment, 20 years.

No statement of facts has been filed, and there are no bills of exception.

By brief and oral argument reversal is sought upon the ground that there is fundamental error in the charge of the court.

Trial was on June 2, 1959, upon indictment returned in October 1958, alleging the offense to have been committed on or about October 6, 1958.

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