Prewitt v. State

DAVIDSON", Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for carrying on and about his person a pistol. The State’s case was made by the witness Eddy, who states that “I heard a pistol shot in the distance. I saw defendant put the pistol on his right side. It seemed to me as if defendant put the pistol in his right hand coat-pocket.” Did not know who fired the pistol he heard. Nor did he know the direction from which defendant came to the Buck Creek schoolhouse, where he saw defendant have the pistol. He saw deputy sheriff Welsh and justice of the peace Williams approach the buggy where defendant…