GREEN v. STATE

No. 34989.

363 S.W.2d 461 (1962)

John Stokes GREEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. S. Carpenter, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., and Emmett Colvin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for unlawfully carrying a pistol; the punishment, six months in jail.

The evidence adduced by the state reveals that the appellant, while driving on a public street in Dallas County, was carrying a pistol in the glove compartment of his motor vehicle.

The appellant did not testify, but testimony was offered that appellant was to loan the gun to William Garvin and he was en route at night to Garvin's residence...

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