Chappell v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for unlawfully carrying a pistol and the jury assessed his punishment at the lowest prescribed by law,—a fine of $100.

The evidence by the State was amply sufficient to sustain the conviction. Two witnesses testified positively that appellant had on his person at the time charged a pistol. He denied this and introduced several witnesses tending to show, and who testified that he did not have a pistol on this occasion, which was amply sufficient to authorize the jury to acquit him, but this matter was for the lower court…