Page v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Oscar Page was convicted of carrying concealed weapons and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Oscar Page was convicted of carrying concealed weapons and appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Having proceeded to deny poor Oscar any instructions at all in his behalf, the court then proceeded to give one instruction for the state which was intended and resulted in putting a quietus on Oscar’s defense, which instruction is as follows, to-wit: “The court instructions the jury for the state that if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant carried a pistol…
1Opinion of the Court
McLain, C.
Appellant was convicted in the circuit court, second district, of Hinds county, for carrying concealed a deadly weapon. Prom this judgment, he appeals to this court.
The assistant attorney-general, Mr. Carl Pox, with commendable fairness, admits in his brief that this case should be reversed for error therein contained. We fully concur in this view, after a careful examination of the record. Upon the trial of this case the court instructed the jury, for the state, that: “If you believe *74from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant carried concealed, in whole or in…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
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