Hampton v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie 'County Court of Morgan. Tiled before the Hon. William E. Skeuus. The complaint under which the appellant, Calvin Hampton, was ¡tried and convicted charged “that within twelve months before the filing of this complaint, Calvin Hampton carried concealed about bis peurson a pestol, which said offense has been committed in said county against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.”
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Appeal from tlie 'County Court of Morgan. Tiled before the Hon. William E. Skeuus. The complaint under which the appellant, Calvin Hampton, was ¡tried and convicted charged “that within twelve months before the filing of this complaint, Calvin Hampton carried concealed about bis peurson a pestol, which said offense has been committed in said county against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” To this complaint or affidavit the defendant demurred upon the ground that it did not charge the commission of any offense, but aver® that the defendant “carried concealed about his peurson a…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The complaint upon which defendant was tried is not before us. The copy of it in the transcript does not show clearly how the word “person” was -spelled, whether “peurson” or “purson.” But it is of no- consequence whether the one -or the -other, since it is simply a clerical or grammatical error. It is impossible to read the complaint -and be in doubt a® to the word intended or its import. The same may be said of the word pistol, if we -concede that it was written “pestol.” — Grant v. The State, 55 Ala. 207; Ward v. The State, 50 Ala. 120.
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