Case Name: Lormy Sanderson v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1887-06-11
Citations: 23 Tex. Ct. App. 520
Docket Number: No. 5153
Parties: Lormy Sanderson v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 520–520

Head Matter:
No. 5153.
Lormy Sanderson v. The State.
Opinion delivered June 11, 1887.
Carrying a Pistol—Pact Case.—See the opinion for evidence held insufficient to support a conviction for carrying a pistol.
Appeal from the County Court of McLennan. Tried below before the Hon. W. W. Evans, County Judge.
The opinion states the case. The penalty assessed was a fine of twenty-five dollars.
Anderson, Mint & Anderson, for the appellant.
W. L. Davidson, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
Hurt, Judge.
Upon the following testimony appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol:
J. W. Simpson testified: One day last February, in McLennan county, Texas, witness and defendant were riding along the road going after wood, and a rabbit jumped up, and he, witness, handed defendant his, witness's, pistol, and asked defendant to shoot the rabbit. Defendant took the pistol, walked a step or two, shot at the rabbit and handed it back to witness.
The evidence does not support the conviction. (Cathey v. The State, ante p. 492.)
Reversed and remanded.