Baird v. State

There appears to be no controversy about the facts of this case, which are briefly as follows: The appellant, in December, 1872, was out in the woods, with two of his neighbors, hunting hogs; and during the day, and while out in the woods, the appellant drew from a scabbard beneath his coat a pistol, and dried it by the fire, and then put it back in the scabbard.

The only question for determination now is, do the foregoing facts establish a violation of the act of April 12, 1871, entitled “An Act to regulate the keeping and bearing of deadly weapons.” The constitutionality of that act being…