McCoy v. State

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

It appear? from the record that the prosecution in this case was begun in the Jefferson county court of misdemeanors upon a purported affidavit and warrant wherein the offense attempted to be charged was a violation of section 4043 of the Code 1923, which section makes it unlawful for any person to present at another person, any gun, pistol, or other firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, etc.

From a conviction in the Jefferson county court of misdemeanors, the defendant appealed to the circuit court and was there tried by a jury upon the original affidavit; a statement…