Hall v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court of McLennan County for unlawfully carrying a pistol, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $100.

This court has held that one going in an automobile from one town to a point thirty or thirty-five miles distant was not a traveler as a matter of law. George v. State, 90 Texas Crim. Rep. 179. The trial court submitted to the jury in general terms the question as to whether appellant was a traveler and instructed them if they so found to acquit him, and the jury’s verdict was adverse to the proposition. This being a misdemeanor case, and…