State v. Bias

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Manning, J.

The defendant was indicted for and convicted of carrying a concealed weapon, and was sentenced to imprisonment for one day and to pay a line of three hundred and five dollars. He relies for reversal upon what ho conceives to be an erroneous charge to the jury as to what is concealment of a dangerous weapon. The hill states;—

That the proof was that the accused carried a pistol with the barrel and cylinder stuck inside the waistband of his pants in front and leaving the handle and guard exposed, the accused.at the time wearing neither coat or…