State v. Reed

On the 5th day of October, 1908, the prosecuting attorney of Stone county, filed an information charging the defendant with the offense of carrying concealed weapons and in the presence of certain persons, exhibiting the same in a rude and threatening manner. On November 5, the defendant having entered a plea of not guilty, was tried and convicted by a jury on a charge of carrying such weapon, and his punishment assessed at five days’ imprisonment in the county jail.

There was uncontradicted testimony that the defendant carried concealed upon his person a revolver, prior to the filing of the…