Case Name: People, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Escanella, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1916-06-24
Citations: 24 P.R. 223
Docket Number: No. 1038
Parties: People, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Escanella, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: Chief Justice Hernández and Justices del Toro, Aldrey and Hutchison concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 223–224

Head Matter:
People, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Escanella, Defendant and Appellant.
Appeal from the District Court of Humacao in a Prosecution for Carrying Arms.
No. 1038.
Decided June 24, 1916.
Carrying Arms — License.—A judgment of conviction for carrying arms "will not be reversed on a plea that the defendant was duly licensed to do so if the license is not eopied into the statement of the ease, nor when the evidence fails to show any reason for carrying the weapon beyond the jurisdiction. covered by the license, and especially when carried about the person in a court.
Tlie facts are stated in tlie opinion.
Messrs. Carlos B. Buitrago and Antonio L. López for tlie appellant.
Mr. Salvador Mestre, fiscal, for tlie appellee.

Opinion:
Me. Justice Wolf
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defense in this case was that the defendant was duly authorized to hear a weapon. The alleged license, although introduced in evidence in the court below, was not included in the statement of the case and; therefore, we are in no position to reverse the judgment. The theory of the defendant was that he had a license to bear a weapon while going from his house to his farm, but the proof failed to satisfy the court below that he had any reason to take the weapon to (7aguas wi tli him and especially to take it into court, at which place a policeman found it on his person and took it away from him.
The judgment must be
Affirmed.
Chief Justice Hernández and Justices del Toro, Aldrey and Hutchison concurred.