Robbins v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

This is a conviction for the unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, morphine; the punishment, eight years in the penitentiary. A former conviction for said offense was reversed by this court in Robbins v. State, 159 Texas Cr. R. 481, 265 S.W. 2d 108.

Milton S. Hooper, Federal Narcotics Officer, testified that on June 16, 1953, he contacted appellant about the purchase of some morphine; that immediately thereafter, appellant delivered to him a tube which bore a label with morphine sulphate written on it and which contained one tablet, stating that he had sixty tablets;…