Darby v. State

Citations

• 23 Tex. Ct. App. 407
• 5 S.W. 90
• 1887 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 95

Syllabus

<p>1. Carrying a Pistol—Traveler—The proof showed that the accused1 when he carried the pistol on his person, was going from his home in Williamson county to the site of said county, intending to return on the following day. Held that such facts did not constitute the accused a traveler within the meaning of that term as it is used in the statute denouncing a penalty for the carrying of a pistol on the person.</p> <p>2. Same—Fact Case.—See the statement of the case for evidence adduced in a trial for carrying a pistol held insufficient to support the defense that, when he carried the pistol, the accused had reasonable grounds to apprehend an unlawful attack upon his person, etc.</p>