Stroud v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is unlawfully carrying a pistol. The punishment assessed is confinement in the county jail for a term of one year.

Appellant’s first complaint is that the evidence does not justify and sustain his conviction. In order that this opinion may reflect the basis of our conclusion, we deem it proper to briefly state the evidence adduced by the State. On the night of September 3, 1942, while appellant was having his car serviced at a Texaco Filling Station in the City of Denton, Texas, Miss Nadine Heiden, who was on her way from Dallas to Oklahoma, drove up to the filling…