State v. Miles

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol concealed upon Ms person. He did not deny having the pistol on his person, bnt denied that he had it concealed, and also set up as a special defense, the-fact that he was traveling peaceably through the State-at the tipe. The evidence shows that about the first day of July, 1905, appellant, with two or three friends, took passage on a ’Frisco train at Memphis, Tennessee, and paid their fare to Big Creek, Arkansas. Their destination, however, was Hayti, Pemiscot county, Missouri. It. was night when the train reached Big Creek, and appellant was…