Shorter v. State

The defendant was indicted under section 4109,’ Code of 1876, for carrying concealed about his person a pistol. The defense was, that he was threatened with, or had good reason to apprehend an attack. If the jury believed the testimony of the three witnesses examined for the State, a prima facie case against the accused was shown. Defendant then proved that, in a letter written by one Sharp, to the chief of police, as we infer, and only a few days before the occurrence out of which this indictment grew, Sharp stated, that “ he did not wish to violate the law, or to be arrested for violating…