Thacker v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Bees

Sever sing.

The appellant, James Thacker, has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years after conviction for carrying concealed on his person a deadly weapon. He seeks reversal of the judgment on several grounds, but complains principally of certain evidence which was admitted over liis objections. He was arrested at Pine-ville in Bell County on July 2, 1948, by John Hoskins and Lawrence Bice who testified that they searched bim and found a 38-calibre pistol concealed in his right trousers pocket. Appellant admitted that he had the pistol on his…