Brownlee v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for carrying a pistol on and about his person. On the trial, appellant set up two defenses: The first that he was a traveler, within the contemplation of the statute; second, that an attack was being made on him that was so imminent and threatening as to preclude time for having the party arrested. The pistol was worn by .appellant and exhibited at a political gathering, at which place he became involved in a personal difficulty, and exhibited his pistol. Abont three or four days before this political gathering, appellant borrowed a pistol for the…