Garrison v. State

D AVIDS OH, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted, of unlawfully carrying a pistol and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100.

Bill of exceptions Ho. 1 recites that the court gave a verbal charge to the jury, the case being a misdemeanor. Several objections were urged to this, among other things that it was not given with the consent of the defendant, the defendant not waiving his right to have a written charge; that it was upon the weight of the evidence and erroneous in instructing the jury that the defendant would be guilty unless at the time he purchased the pistol he went to his home…