Pressler v. State

Citations

• 19 Tex. Ct. App. 52
• 1885 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 161

Syllabus

<p>Unlawfully Carrying a Pistol — Charge of the Court.—The transportation of a pistol home from the place of purchase, by the party purchasing it, or its transportation to a shop for repairs, or from the shop home, • whether loaded or unloaded, does not constitute the offense of unlawfully carrying a pistol as that offense is defined by the statute; nor does the fact that the pistol was discharged while being so transported bring the act within the purview of the statute. See the opinion in extenso for a charge of the court, upon the subject, held error, because repugnant to the doctrine announced.</p>