Coleman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
[indictment fob lending pistol to minob.] Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. "William M. Bbooks. The indictment in this case charged, that the prisoner, James Coleman, “did sell, give or lend, to Matthew Locke, a male minor, a pistol.” On the trial, the prisoner reserved the following bill of exceptions to the rulings of the presiding judge: “ On the trial of this case, but one witness was examined by the State, and none at all by the defendant.
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[indictment fob lending pistol to minob.] Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. "William M. Bbooks. The indictment in this case charged, that the prisoner, James Coleman, “did sell, give or lend, to Matthew Locke, a male minor, a pistol.” On the trial, the prisoner reserved the following bill of exceptions to the rulings of the presiding judge: “ On the trial of this case, but one witness was examined by the State, and none at all by the defendant. Said witness, who was the male minor named in the indictment, testified, that the defendant, who was his uncle, within a…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
The indictment is founded on the act of February 2d, 1856, (Pamphlet Acts of 1855-6, p. 17,) which makes it a misdemeanor to “sell, or give, or lend, to any male minor,” a pistol.
A man lends a pistol, within the meaning of the act, when, having in his drawer, and under his control, the pistol of an absent owner, on the application of a male minor to lend him the pistol, he permits him to take it from the drawer and carry it away, directing him that it *583should be returned within a certain short period, at the expiration of which time the owner was expected to return and call for it. — See…
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