Sanderson v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant, as he had a right to do, defended upon two seemingly inconsistent grounds. He claimed, —and offered testimony to support the claim, — that he believed he had a right to carry a pistol because he was a collector. He offered the testimony of an officer who said he thought appellant had a right to carry a pistol, and that he had told appellant so. Appellant testified “I thought I was a traveler and a collector of money and was exempt under the law, — from what they told me, I did have a right to carry a pistol. I would not have carried the…