Kemp v. State

OPINION

ODOM, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for the offense of unlawfully carrying a pistol, a violation of Art. 483 Vernon’s Ann. P.C.; punishment was assessed by the court at a fine of $400.00.

Appellant’s two grounds of error alleged are: that the evidence is insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a conviction; and, that the court erred by admitting into evidence the pistol, contending it was fruit of an unlawful arrest, search and seizure.

Officer S. L. Clappart, of the Houston Police Department, testified that he and his partner went to the 1800 block of Hamilton Street in…