Wilson v. State

ENGLISH, C. J.:

Chancy Wilson was indicted in the Circuit Court of Arkan-. sas county, at March term, 1878, as follows :

“The grand jury, etc., etc., accuse Chancy Wilson of the crime of carrying side arms, committed as follows, to-wit: The said Chancy Wilson in the county aforesaid, on or about the 14th clay of February, 1878, did then and there unlawfully carry a pistol as a weapon, contrary to the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State,” etc.

The defendant demurred to the indictment, the court overruled the demurrer, he was tried and convicted,…