ADAIR v. STATE

No. 40795.

427 S.W.2d 67 (1967)

William Edwin ADAIR, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Tessmer, Henry J. Novak, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Cecil Emerson, Russell Ormesher and Kerry P. Fitzgerald, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


OPINION

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for unlawfully carrying a pistol; the punishment, a fine of $101.

Trial was before the court, a jury being waived, upon appellant's plea of not guilty.

The evidence shows that the pistol was recovered from underneath the arm rest in the middle of the front seat of appellant's automobile by a City of Dallas police officer on the occasion of his arrest for a moving traffic violation.

It was further...

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