Jones v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

—The appellant was indicted and convicted for carrying a pistol on or about his person about March 1, 1910, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $150 and thirty days in jail. The evidence by four of the witnesses, without question, shows that the defendant carried on or about his person the pistol at the time charged in the indictment; that he was drinking and considerably under the influence of liquor; that he had some difficulty with some lady and intercepted her when returning to her residence before she reached it. While having trouble with this lady another neighbor,…