Brewer v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Indictment for Carrying Concealed Weapons. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dale. The appellant was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Marvin Brewer carried a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of like kind or description concealed about his person, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.'’ On the trial of the case, as is stated in the bill of exceptions,…
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Indictment for Carrying Concealed Weapons. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dale. The appellant was tried and convicted under the following indictment: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment that Marvin Brewer carried a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of like kind or description concealed about his person, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.'’ On the trial of the case, as is stated in the bill of exceptions, the evidence introduced tended to show that “In Dale county, and within the time covered by the indictment, the defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtMcOLELLAN, J.
A knife, having the shape of what is commonly known as a butcher’s knife, eleven inches in length including the blade and handle, old, and worn down somewdiat in the middle of the blade on the sharp side and coming to a sharp point — the knife shown by the full size drawing which is a part of the bill of excep*108tions in this case — is a knife ‘ ‘of like kind or description” as a bowie knife, within the intent and meaning of section 3775 of the Code.-Sears v. State, 33 Ala. 347.
But the trial court nevertheless erred in giving the affirmative charge requested for the State. The bill of exceptions…
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- Sears v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
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