Wells v. State

HAWKINS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Kaufman County of unlawfully carrying a pistol and fined $100.00.

The complaint and information alleged that appellant carried on and about his person “a pistol, to-wit: a .38 cal. owlhead revolver.”

Two deputy city marshals of the City of Terrell testified that about one or one-thirty at night on June 1, 1947, they saw appellant sitting on a bench in front of a negro dance hall and cafe operated by Pete Lee; that appellant had his head down on his chest and was asleep; they woke him up and upon searching him found in his…