McCollum v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol.

He admits having the pistol and carrying it on the occasion, but says that some negroes were cutting up on his uncle’s place and he carried it along .thinking he might need it to use as a club, or he might meet a Polander, who fixed pistols, and he would give it to him to fix; that the pistol was in a broken condition and could not be shot. This issue was submitted to the jury, and we have carefully reviewed all the grounds assigned -and none of them present error unless it is the fourth bill of exceptions.…