Dixon v. State

Jim Dixon, defendant below, and his father, were drunk. Jim had a pistol concealed upon his person, and fired this pistol into the ground. The bullet struck a tin can, glanced, and struck and killed a young woman standing upon the porch or gallery of a storehouse near by. The pistol was fired by defendant while he was in or near the public highway, and the scene of the tragedy was near a crossroads country store in Yazoo county. Thus it will be observed that Jim was then and there violating three of the statutes of the state, viz., carrying a concealed weapon, drunk in a public place, and…