Thomas v. State

288 S.W.2d 791 (1956)

George Everett THOMAS, Jr.

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27968.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 29, 1956.

Allen & Street, by Robert B. Allen, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., Thomas B. Thorpe, Charles S. Potts, Asst. Criminal Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of marijuana; the punishment, five years.

Officer Boyd testified that "a stool pigeon" whom he had known for some time and whom he knew to have been to the Federal penitentiary for…