Key v. State

The defendant, by consent of counsel, was tried at the same time on two indictments; one charging robbery, and the other carrying a pistol without a license. He was convicted of both offenses, and in each case his motion for a new trial was overruled. Counsel for plaintiff in error in their brief concede that the verdicts were authorized by the evidence, but insist that the following excerpt from the charge of the court was reversible error: “With respect to that indictment [for carrying a pistol], if you believe in truth and in fact that the defendant in the County of Eulton, on or about the…