Sheridan v. State

CATES, Judge.

These appeals were submitted November 9. 1965, after the appellant’s motion to consolidate.

We here review judgments of conviction (1) of. the felony of possessing a drug defined by Code 19.40, T. 22, § 225, as amended (with reference to § 242), as “a narcotic drug,” and (2) of the misdemeanor denounced by T. 14, § 175, as amended, carrying an unlicensed pistol in a vehicle.

For the felony conviction, the trial judge sentenced Sheridan to five years in the penitentiary; and, on the pistol charge, prescribed six months imprisonment in the county jail in addition to the fine of…