State v. Nieto

Citations

• 101 Ohio St. (N.S.) 409

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Carrying concealed weapons — Section 12819, General Code — No exception as to home, when — ■ Charge to jury — Carrying of weapon in bunkhouse.</p> <p>On the trial of one accused of the crime of carrying concealed weapons, as defined by Section 12819, General Code, where the evidence is that the accused, at the time he was carrying the weapon concealed on his person, was in a bunkhouse, belonging to his employer, where he and other employes of the same employer lived and slept during their employment, a charge of the court that if this bunkhouse was the accused’s place of living, where he slept, then it was his home, and he had a right, as a matter of law, to carry a weapon concealed on his person while in that bunkhouse, and must be acquitted of the charge in the indictment, is erroneous. The statute makes no such exceptions.</p>