Cuellar v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of marijuana; the punishment, 10 years.

The state’s testimony shows that on June 22, 1959, certain narcotic officers began the surveillance of an area near the north end of a city lake in the city of Dallas. In their surveillance, the officers watched the area through a 30 power telescope from a location a half mile away. On June 26th appellant was seen around 5 P.M. to come to the area, bend over near a fence and then leave. That night, the officers went to the location where they had seen appellant and found a hole in the ground some…