Bain v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $35; hence this appeal.

Upon the trial, the defendant being on the stand as a witness in his own behalf, the State asked him “if it is not a fact that you have been heretofore charged, in a number of instances, in this county, with" like offense?” to which he replied, “I have been charged before with like offenses; I don’t know how many times.” This evidence was clearly inadmissible. The fact that a man unlawfully carries a pistol is no bar "upon his credibility as a witness. The lowest'…