Bivens v. State

HAWKINS, Judge. —

Conviction is for unlawfully carrying a dirk, punishment being thirty days’ imprisonment in jail.

It was alleged in the complaint and information that appellant carried on his person a “dirk.”

A deputy ' sheriff arrested appellant on a warrant from another county, and found on his person a knife described as follows: “* * * A single edged bladed knife, blade about five inches long, slightly curved at the point, with a guard and bone handle.” The knife was in a scabbard. The arresting officer testified that the weapon was not a “dirk,” but that it was an unlawful weapon. Another…