Hattersley v. State

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, seven (7) years.

Trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury.

Braniff ticket agent James Barry testified that just prior to 9:00 a. m. on August 31, 1970, the appellant bought a ticket under the name “J. English” for a flight to Newark, New Jersey, departing at 9:00 a. m. Barry checked in the appellant’s suitcase, which was tied at one end with a string and attached a claim check for it to the appellant’s ticket. When Barry next observed the suitcase, in the baggage room, “the string had popped…