Featherston v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
This appeal is from a conviction for unlawfully carrying a pistol, the punishment assessed being a fine of $25. The agreed statement of the case is: (1) That appellant was City Attorney for the city of Cleburne. (2) That, at the time charged, he was in the mayor’s office and court. (3) That at said time, he made the mayor’s office and court his office, and had no other office. (4) That the mayor’s court was in session as a court at said time.
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This appeal is from a conviction for unlawfully carrying a pistol, the punishment assessed being a fine of $25. The agreed statement of the case is: (1) That appellant was City Attorney for the city of Cleburne. (2) That, at the time charged, he was in the mayor’s office and court. (3) That at said time, he made the mayor’s office and court his office, and had no other office. (4) That the mayor’s court was in session as a court at said time. (5) That at said • time and place defendant had on his person a pistol.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol on and about his person, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25, and he prosecutes this appeal. The statement of facts in the case shows that, at the time appellant was carrying the pistol, he was City Attorney for the city of Cleburne, in Johnson County, Texas; that, at the time, he was in the mayor’s office and court room of said city; that, at said time, he made the mayor’s office his office, and had no other office; that the mayor’s court was in session, sitting as a court at the time. The contention of the…
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