Davis v. State

Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol.

The appellant was a youth 16 years of age. He and several other boys were standing upon one of the street corners.

A police officer testified that he was near by and said:

“I heard the defendant call to one of the other boys, saying, ‘Let me have that thing;’ and the other boy then handed the pistol to the defendant. I immediately arrested the defendant and took the pistol. The party who gave the pistol to the defendant took it from the waistband of his pants, and the defendant put it in the waistband of his pants. The defendant handed me…