Williams v. State

DICE, Judge.

Upon a trial before the court without a jury, appellant was convicted of unlawfully possessing policy paraphernalia and his punishment assessed at confinement in jail for 45 days.

The state’s testimony shows that around noon on the day in question Vice-Squad Officers Edgar G. Page and Tim McCormick, of the Houston Police Department, went to 3412 and 3414 Lamar Street in the city for the purpose of searching-the premises for gambling and policy paraphernalia. At such time *369the officers were armed with two search warrants, which authorized a search of the premises for gambling…