Martinez v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is possession of marihuana. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of six years.

The record discloses that on May 5, 1938, a city policeman of Corpus Christi arrested appellant near a beer tavern in said city. At that time appellant attempted to dispose of some cigarettes by dropping them on the ground. The officer picked them up, however, and the next day appellant made a written confession admitting that he possessed marihuana cigarettes for the purpose of sale. In his confession he also admitted that he had been sent to the…