Courtney v. State

OPINION

ONION, Judge.

The offense is Carrying On or About His Person A Pistol, a violation of Article 483, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.; the punishment, thirty (30) days in the county jail.

Appellant initially challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction resulting from his trial before the court without the intervention of a jury.

Shortly after midnight, January 10, 1967, appellant was stopped by two City of Houston police officers for driving his automobile with a red rag totally obscuring his rear license plate. At that time it was discovered that appellant possessed no driver’s…