People v. Vaines

On this appeal the facts are stipulated. On the night of July 30, 1943, defendant was arrested for speeding in the city of Detroit. The arresting officers searched him and found a knife with a single folding blade 3 inches long concealed in his right hip pocket. He was charged with carrying “a dangerous weapon, to-wit, a knife, # * * concealed on or about his person” in violation of section 227 of the penal code (Act No. 328, § 227, Pub. Acts 1931 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, §17115-227, Stat. Ann. §28.424]). On trial without a jury he was convicted, his motion for a new trial was denied, and he…