Christian v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the unlawful carrying of a pistol on or about his person; punishment fixed at a fine of one hundred dollars.

The appellant, a physician, licensed and regularly in the practice, in company with another doctor, left Austin on the 7th of June, 1926, at night, traveling in an automobile to Houston, a distance of 175 or 180 miles, arriving at Houston on the morning of the 8th of June. The purpose of the trip was to attend the meeting of the State Medical Association, which the appellant and his companion did on the 8th and 9th of June, leaving Houston on the…