Brock v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The state’s case grows out of a search of certain premises in the city of Galveston known as the Red Top Cafe in which officers found eight capsules in a room which was referred to in the testimony as a storeroom or washroom. These capsules were shown to contain heroin.

Appellant admitted that he was manager of the cafe on the day of the search and had been for about two years.

The record reflects that the appellant was not present when the officers arrived and that the…