Steele v. State

RRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for. «carrying a pistol. Appellant asked the court to charge that if the jury ¡believed from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the appellant •did have a pistol, as charged, but "you further believe that the pistol "was not in shooting condition, or, if you have a reasonable doubt” of it find him not guilty. He also complains of this paragraph of the court’s charge: “If the defendant carried a pistol, it would not make any difference whether the pistol was an old one or a new one, or was loaded or unloaded. The law merely says that…