Thompson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Milan. Tried below before Hon. E. B. Pool. Appeal from a conviction of unlawfully carrying about his person a pistol; penalty, a fine of $25. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol. There is some criticism in regard to the authority of the county judge to act in the case, on account of the manner of his selection, he being a special judge elected by the bar to preside in the absence of the county judge. This question was thoroughly discussed in Ben Porter v. State, decided at present term. It is not necessary to enter into a further discussion of that question.
The only remaining question is the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the conviction. There is no question of the fact that appellant had…
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