Cosper v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for carrying pistol without license; from Heard superior court — Judge Freeman. May 6, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, J.
The facts are very brief. The State’s witness- saw the defendant carrying a pistol on a public road, going toward the defendant’s home. He had it in his hand, openly and not concealed. He had no' license authorizing him to carry a pistol. The. defendant (who was a boy eighteen years of age) stated that on the day he met the witness (who was on his way from the house of the defendant’s father) he saw a pistol in the middle of the road. He picked it up and carried it to his father’s house, and did not know who was its owner. A day or two later Sam Cavender, who had lost a pistol, came to the…
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