Lynn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Smith. Tried below before Hon. B. B. Beaibd, County Judge. Appellant was tried upon information, and convicted for unlawfully discharging a gun and a pistol on and across a public street in the city of Tyler, his punishment being assessed at a pecuniary fine of one cent.
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Appeal from the County Court of Smith. Tried below before Hon. B. B. Beaibd, County Judge. Appellant was tried upon information, and convicted for unlawfully discharging a gun and a pistol on and across a public street in the city of Tyler, his punishment being assessed at a pecuniary fine of one cent. The facts show, that on the 28th day of June, 1893, the appellant, in the city of Tyler, at about 3 o’clock a. m., on a vacant lot immediately west of the public square, shot an unmuzzled dog. After the first shot the dog ran into a public street, to wit, West Ferguson street, and fell,…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of violating the provisions of article 316 of the Penal Code, which provides: “If any person shall discharge any gun, pistol, or firearms of any description,, on or across any public square, street, or alley in any city, town, or village in this State, he shall be fined in a sum of not exceeding $100.” Appellant shot and killed a dog in a street in the city of Tyler. On the trial he offered an ordinance of said city, as follows: “Section 1. Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Tyler, that every person living in the city of Tyler, who owns…
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