Case Name: BALLARD v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1914-04-08
Citations: 167 S.W. 340
Docket Number: No. 3086
Parties: BALLARD v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 167
Pages: 340–340

Head Matter:
BALLARD v. STATE.
(No. 3086.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 8, 1914.
On Motion for Rehearing, May 6, 1914.
Rehearing Denied June 3, 1914.)
On Motion for Rehearing.
1. Weapons (§ 13 ) — Carrying Weapons— Pebsons Exempt from Prosecution.
It is no defense to a prosecution for unlawfully carrying a pistol that the defendant armed himself for the purpose of hunting another who had had adulterous relations with his wife in order to seek an explanation from him, even though that fact was such provocation as would reduce a homicide at their first meeting to murder, since it is not made one of the exceptions by the statute prohibiting the unlawful carrying of pistols, and the court cannot add another exception to those enumerated.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Weapons, Cent. Dig. §§ 16, 17;' Dec. Dig. § 13. ]
2. Weapons (§ 13 ) — Carrying Weapons— Persons Exempt prom Prosecution.
Nor does the fact that the other had made threats to kill defendant under certain circumstances justify defendant’s act in arming himself and going into another county to seek the other.
[Ed. Note — For other cases, see Weapons, Cent. Dig. §§ 16, 17; Dec. Dig. § 13. ]
3. Weapons (§ 11 ) — Carrying Weapons— Persons Exempt — “Travelers.”
One who goes from a point in one county to a point in another is a “traveler” within the meaning of the law, which allows a traveler to carry arms; but after he arrives at his destination, secures a room, and remains there all night, he ceased to be a traveler, and, if he carries his pistol next morning while going around the town, he is guilty of unlawfully carrying it.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Weapons, Cent. Dig. §§ 10-14; Dec. Dig. § 11. .
For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 8, p. 7820.]
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; Geo. F. Ingraham, Judge.
Dan Ballard was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and he appeals.
Appeal dismissed, but reinstated on rehearing, and judgment affirmed.
V. E. Middlebrook, of Nacogdoches, for appellant. C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
For other cases see same topic and section NUMBER in Dec. Dig. & Am. Dig. Key-No. Series & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
HARPER, J.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and undertakes to prosecute an appeal to this court, but the recognizance is insufficient in law to confer jurisdiction on this court; therefore the appeal is dismissed. Bigelow v. State, 36 Tex. Cr. R. 402, 37 S. W. 330.
The appeal is dismissed.