Barnes v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is possession of marihuana; the punishment, five years in the penitentiary.

The state’s evidence shows that on the night in question Ranger Sgt. Jim Paulk and Deputy Sheriffs E. N. Buie and Jim Smith went to appellant’s residence in Ev-erman, Tarrant County, with a warrant of arrest for the appellant’s husband, Billy Joe Barnes. The arrest warrant had been issued by Justice of the Peace F. R. Land, of Lubbock County, upon complaint made by Ranger Paulk before an assistant district attorney (of Lubbock County), charging Billy Joe Barnes and one Johnny Leach with…