Spigener v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawfully carrying arms; the punishment, a fine of $150.00.

This prosecution was brought under Art. 483, Vernon’s A.P. C., as amended in 1957. The information, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: “* * * did then and there carry on or about his person a hand chain.” No statement of facts accompanies the record but appellant vigorously contends that the portion of the act under which he was prosecuted is unintelligible and inoperative.

In Ex parte Chernosky, 153 Texas Cr. Rep. 52, 217 S.W. 2d 673, this court said: “A statute which either forbids…