McClanahan v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful sale of a narcotic drug, to-wit, demerol; the punishment, confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections for 7 years.

The indictment on which appellant was tried alleges in pertinent part that: “Curtis A. McClanahan on or about the 31st day of December, 1962, in said county and state, did then and there unlawfully sell to Ardelle LoCascio a narcotic drug, to-wit, demerol.”

Ardelle LoCascio was the first witness for the State. She testified that she presented to- appellant a forged prescription, *501purportedly signed by Dr. I. S. McReynolds,…