McNabb v. State

J. H. McNabb was charged in the first count of an indictment with carrying a pistol concealed, and in the second count with carrying it without a license. He was convicted on both *306counts, and made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and he excepted.

The only special ground of the motion for a new trial is that “the court failed to give in charge to the jury the law as applicable to circumstantial evidence.” The evidence of the State was that the defendant, while running from an officer, was trying to throw something away, and that after the defendant was caught the officer went back…