Evins v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Perry. Tried before Hon. M. J. Saeeold. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
The defendant below was indicted under section 3555 of the Revised Code, for carrying a pistol concealed about his person, against the peace and dignity of the State. All the evidence, and the charge of the court given to the jury, and the charges asked by the defendant and refused by the court, are set out in the bill of exceptions..
The evidence shows, that the pistol carried by the defendant as aforesaid was harmless as a weapon; that it could not be fired off, as a pistol is usually fired off; that it had no mainspring, or other necessary machinery of a lockthat the hammer or cock was…
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