Baker v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Possessing a narcotic drug is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

In the indictment it is charged that “in the county and state aforesaid, O. P. Baker did, then and there unlawfully possess a narcotic drug against the peace and dignity of the State.”

In chapter 3, beginning with article 720 and concluding with article 726, P. C., 1925, the traffic in certain narcotic and poisonous drugs is under certain circumstances prohibited. In chapter 97, Acts of 42nd Legislature, Regular Session, page 154, there is another…