People v. Pearce

The defendant, Glenn Pearce, was charged with the offense of carrying a concealed weapon (MCLA § 750.227 [Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28-.424]) and convicted after a jury trial. He appeals, claiming four errors.

Witnesses for the prosecution testified that a farm in Lincoln was under surveillance by the state police on the morning of the day the defendant was arrested. Officers looking through binoculars observed three men in an automobile drive by the farm and continue down the road. Somewhat later the men returned and drove up to the barn, parked the car and walked into the barn. A short time…