Case Name: HANCOCK v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1927-01-19
Citations: 294 S.W. 218
Docket Number: No. 10565
Parties: HANCOCK v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 294
Pages: 218–220

Head Matter:
HANCOCK v. STATE.
(No. 10565.)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas,
Jan. 19, 1927.
Rehearing Granted April 27, 1927.
J. D. Willis and Joe W. Taylor, both of Waco, for appellant.
Sam D. Stinson, State’s Atty., and Robt. M. Lyles, Asst. State’s Atty., both of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
LATTIMORE, J.
Conviction in. county court of McLennan county of unlawfully carrying a pistol; punishment fixed at a fine of $100.
The record contains no bills of exception or other complaint of the procedure had upon the trial of this case. The statement of facts shows that appellant was found in the town of Mart in McLennan county in a car in which he had a pistol. Appellant testified that at the time he was on his way to visit relatives in Freestone county. He introduced no other witness save himself. The jury are not compelled to accept statements made by one accused of -crime. The facts seem to justify the verdict.
Finding no error in the record, the judgment will be affirmed.