WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 35823.

370 S.W.2d 888 (1963)

Elgie Lee WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Divine, Houston, for appellant.

Frank Briscoe, Dist. Atty., Carl E. F. Dally and Milton McCollough, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for unlawfully carrying a pistol with a prior conviction for the same offense alleged for enhancement; the punishment, 730 days in jail.

Officer Crane testified that while making an investigation he approached a rooming house and from the outside through an open door, there being no screen door, he saw several men shooting dice in an unfurnished room. The evidence shows that the appellant did not live there. Upon Officer...

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