Biggs v. State

Biggs was charged with commission of the statutory misdmeanor of carrying a pistol for the purpose of going armed, T.C.A. sec. 39-4901. He was adjudged not guilty. He then presented petition for an order directing the return of the pistol was denied. The Court based its denial upon the provisions of T.C.A. sec. 39-4912 hereinafter considered. Biggs has appealed upon the theory that the withholding of this pistol from him under the circumstances amounts to an unlawful confiscation of what he says is his property.

While this Court has expounded from time to time at more or less length, and with…