Morrison v. State

339 S.W.2d 529 (1960)

Charles Walter MORRISON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 32018.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 1, 1960.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1960.

Shelton W. Booth, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., Jerome V. Chamberlain, Jr., Robert E. Lyle, Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is the unlawful possession of a machine gun; the punishment, 2 years.

The indictment drawn under Art. 489b Vernon's Ann.P.C. alleged that appellant did "unlawfully possess a…