Wehunt v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted“in the circuit court of Bradley county, on the charge of carrying a pistol. He has appealed to this court and assigned errors.

The only question which it is necessary to consider arises on the presentment. It reads, omitting the formal parts:

“That Jim Wehunt heretofore, on the 28th day of March, 1915, in the county aforesaid, did unlawfully carry a pistol for the purpose of going and being armed, against the peace and dignity of the State.”

The plaintiff in error moved to quash the presentment on the ground that it failed to charge that the pistol “was not…