State v. Hancock

On April 1, 1927, the Prosecuting Attorney of Ripley County filed in the circuit court an information comprising two counts, in which defendant was charged in the first count with carrying a concealed weapon, and in the second with possessing a dangerous and deadly weapon when intoxicated. On motion the court required the State to elect at the close of the State's case, the State electing to stand and the trial proceeding on the second count. The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty as charged in the second count of the information and assessing his punishment at two years in the…