People v. Gin Hauk Jue

Defendant was charged with and convicted by a jury of the crime of possession of opium in violation of section 11500 of the Health and Safety Code.

He lived by himself in room 29 at a hotel in Visalia. On the night of January 12, 1949, the chief of police, accompanied by narcotic agents, encountered defendant at an address on Center Street. They suspicioned him as being a- user of opium. At the time he insisted he did not live in that city. He was taken to his hotel and the landlady pointed out his room (No. 29) to the officers. They obtained a key and found papers bearing defendant’s name and…