Patterson v. State

Brady, Tom P., J.

This is an appeal by Charles Patterson, a Negro, who was convicted in a justice of the peace court on the charge of unlawfully carrying a concealed, deadly weapon, to wit, a pistol. An appeal to the Circuit Court of Simpson County, Mississippi was taken, and there he was again convicted. From this conviction and sentence to pay a fine of $50 and costs, this appeal is prosecuted.

Appellant assigns seven errors, which he claims were committed in the trial in the circuit court. It is unnecessary for us to consider several of these errors which relate to the examination of the…