Mitchell v. State

Citations

• 99 Miss. 579
• 55 So. 354

Syllabus

<p>1. Carrying Concealed Weapons. Pistol. Instructions.</p> <p>In a prosecution for carrying a concealed weapon, it was not error for the court to grant an instruction for the state, “that if the defendant carried concealed in whole, or in part, a pistol which was defective, in that it did not have a mainspring or a hammer, the jury should find the defendant guilty as charged.</p> <p>2. Same.</p> <p>An object once a pistol does not cease to be one by becoming temporarily inefficient.</p>