Shannon v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge. —

The offense is carrying a pistol; the punishment, confinement in jail for thirty days.

The transaction out of which the prosecution grew occurred on July 16, 1932. Prior to that time D. R. Weaver had operated a drugstore at 4089 Lancaster Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas. The store was no longer in operation but there was some merchandise still in the building, and the doors were kept locked after the business ceased to be operated. In the afternoon of the day mentioned, Mr. Pervin, who worked in a store next to the drugstore, observed a car drive up with three men in it and park…