Williams v. State

MORROW, Judge.

—The appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol and fined $100.

Two negro women, Sallie Baldwin and Laura Sneed, engaged in a fight. The appellant was sitting in a buggy nearby, and, according to the testimony of Sallie Baldwin, Joe Baldwin, and Louis Baldwin, the appellant exhibited a pistol during this fight. The Sneed woman, who got the best of the fight, was appellant’s sister. She denied that appellant had a pistol, as did her son and the appellant. After the fight Jeff Baldwin went to a store nearby to phone for what he termed “the law.” While he was there his…