State v. Bevins

By information in the Circuit Court of Howell County it was charged that the defendant, Rhode Bevins, on a date named, unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did have upon and about his person a certain firearm, to-wit, a revolving pistol, while the said Rhode Bevins was intoxicated. The prosecution was under Section 3275, Revised Statutes 1919, now Section 4029. Revised Statutes 1929, which, among other things, makes it an offense for any person to have "in his possession" any firearm when intoxicated. Defendant was found guilty by the jury, and was by the court sentenced to two years'…