Mays v. State

DICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted as a second offender of unlawfully possessing barbiturates and her punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

Officer Elkins of the Houston Police Department testified that on July 20, 1956, while on duty around 7:20 A.M., he received a radio dispatch to the White Cafe located in the 5200 block of Jensen Drive; that when he arrived at the location he observed the appellant sitting on the shoulder of the road in an intoxicated condition, whereupon he placed her under arrest, and proceeded to take her to the police station; that on…