Irvin v. State

HEHDERSOH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and his punishment, assessed at a fine of $100, and prosecutes this appeal.

Appellant reserved a number of bills of exception, but we will only notice such as we deem important. The court permitted the State to prove by the deputy sheriff that he believed appellant was drunk when he arrested him. We do not believe this was legitimate testimony. There is no pretense that appellant was arrested on account of being drunk, but was arrested on the ground that he was at the time unlawfully carrying a pistol. This involved…