Terrell v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of carrying on and about his person a pistol.

The facts show that there had been a shooting scrape between Brodie and Hargrove, in which Hargrove was wounded. A mob was threatening Hargrove, or at least such were the indications to the nightwatchman who was acting as city marshal. It is shown that citizens had gathered behind the little house in which Hargrove had been carried after being shot while some of the officers were armed and in front of the house, and it was feared they would join the mob against Hargrove. The nightwatchman or acting…