Bernard v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction is for unlawfully carrying a pistol; the punishment, a fine of $100.

The testimony of Officer Seale, of the city of Houston, shows that in response to a radio dispatch about 6:30 A.M., regarding a suspicious appearing parked automobile, he found the appellant seated in the automobile on a public street; and that the appellant told him that he was watching a nearby house in an effort to see a man from whom he had purchased a truck, and that “he was out there to get his truck one way or another”. The officer further testified that he found a loaded revolver-type…