Barnett v. State

The offense as charged by the indictment in this case was that appellant possessed “for the purpose of subcutaneous injections of narcotic drugs in a human being a hypodermic needle and eye-dropper syringe adapted for such use.”

It was also alleged that appellant was not one of those persons specially excepted from the statute, such as physicians, dentists, and others.

It was further alleged that the appellant, in possessing the needle and syringe for the purpose named, was not acting under the direction of a licensed physician.

There is no allegation of the name of the human being in whom it…