Cassels v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for carrying a pistol in a social gathering. Punishment was assessed at a fine of §100.00.

The charging part of the information is that appellant did “unlawfully carry on and about his person a pistol in a place where persons were then and there assembled, to-wit: a social gathering at the home of one Ella Vick.” The offense charged is the one denounced in Art. 485, P. C. It is appellant’s contention that the information is insufficient to charge the crime defined in said Art. 485, but does charge the unlawful carrying of a pistol generally under Art. 483, but that…