Gonzales v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for selling marijuana; punishment a fine of $25.

Officers in Houston were trying to stop the sale of marijuana. A negro woman named Jessie Thompson was approached and told the officers she thought certain Mexicans in her neighborhood were selling same. They gave her a dollar and told her to see if said parties were so engaged. She took the money and went to the house of appellant. The officers followed. Appellant was on her porch. Jessie asked her if she had some “griefus,” that being the vernacular for marijuana. Appellant went into the house, procured and handed…