Cordova v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol and fined $100. The facts show in substance that appellant had a pistol and walked around to various places in the town of Nacogdoches, and finally went into a hall where a public gathering was being held; and on the way out of it became involved in a difficulty with a person who struck appellant over the head and knocked him down. There is evidence also to the effect that appellant had reasonable grounds for fearing an unlawful attack upon his person, and that the danger was so imminent and threatening as not to admit of…