Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Rees

Affirming.

Cleve Williams has been convicted of the crime of carrying concealed upon or about his person a deadly weapon other than an ordinary pocketknife, and sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of three years. The evidence established that the accused was carrying a razor concealed in his coat pocket.

The evidence for the Commonwealth was to the effect that Williams forcibly took a purse containing about $44 from one Jake Creen, and then drew the razor from his coat pocket and attempted to cut Creen when the latter attempted…