Case Name: Stanford v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1920-07-14
Citations: 25 Ga. App. 487
Docket Number: 11575
Parties: Stanford v. The State.
Judges: Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 487–488

Head Matter:
11575.
Stanford v. The State.
Decided July 14, 1920.
Accusation of carrying pistol; from city court of Macon — Judge G-uerry, April 20, 1920.

Opinion:
Broyles, C. J.
The evidence demanded the conviction of the defendant and the court did not err in overruling his motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.
The accusation charged the carrying of a pistol concealed, and the carrying of a pistol without having obtained a license; and there was a general verdict of guilty. The sole witness was a police officer, who testified, that he came up behind the defendant and collared him when the defendant and others were stooping down in a circle at a street corner, playing craps, and the defendant said " Oh, Lordy," and ran his hand in his left coat-pocket; the witness told him to take his hands out of his pockets, and he withdrew his hands, "and in his'hand was a .38-caliber pistol," which he threw away from him; when he took his hand out of his pocket ,the witness saw the pistol.
John R. Cooper, W. O. Cooper Jr., for plaintiff in error.
Will Gunn, solicitor, contra.