Collins v. State

Appellant was convicted in the Crawford Circuit Court of the crime of carrying a pistol. A jury was selected, and at the close of the evidence the court directed the jury to return a verdict of guilty, and the punishment was fixed at a fine of $50. Motion for new trial was filed, which was overruled, and the case is here on appeal.

The Attorney General confesses error on the ground that the court had no power to direct a verdict of guilty because the punishment could have been imprisonment, and also on the ground that the evidence, being in conflict as to whether the appellant was on a…