Johnson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bell. Tried below before the Hon. W. S. Shipp. Appeal-from a conviction of unlawfully carrying a pistol; penalty, a fine of $100. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of carrying on and about his person a pistol.
There is a direct conflict in the evidence which the jury settled against appellant. We would not, therefore, be authorized to disturb their finding.
1. There is a bill of exceptions^ reserved in the record to the speech and argument of the county attorney, in which it is recited he said: “The negro race is all alike and about the same the world over—they are untruthful and unreliable—they are, as a rule, a set of reprobates and liars, and you can rely upon it that when one gets into trouble, as this…
2Cited by1 opinion
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