Alderson v. State

Appellant was tried by the court upon an affidavit which charged that he

“did . . . unlawfully and wilfully draw, and threaten to use while drawn, a certain dangerous and deadly weapon, to wit; a revolver, upon the person of one Jesse D. Landers . . . the said Joe Alderson not then and there drawing said weapon in defense to his person and property, and not in defense of those by law entitled to his protection, and the said Joe Alderson did then and there commit said aforesaid act while armed with a revolver, without having a permit to carry said revolver as required by law,” etc.

The court…