Case Name: EMERSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1916-11-29
Citations: 190 S.W. 485
Docket Number: No. 4295
Parties: EMERSON v. STATE.
Judges: HARPER, J., absent.
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 190
Pages: 485–486

Head Matter:
EMERSON v. STATE.
(No. 4295.)
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 29, 1916.
On Motion for Rehearing, Dee. 27, 1916.)
Weapons <©=^10 — Manner op Carrying — “About tiie Person.”
A pistol carried in the box of a buggy seat is carried “about the person” of the driver.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Weapons, Cent. Dig. § 9; Dec. Dig. >®=5l0.
For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, About the Person.]
Appeal from Nacogdoches County Court; J. F. Perritte, Judge.
Robert Emerson was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol and appeals.
Affirmed.
S. M. Adams, of Nacogdoches, for appellant. C. C. McDonald, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
PRENDERGAST, P. J.
Appellant was convicted for unlawfully carrying a pistol and assessed the lowest punishment.
The only question is as to the sufficiency of the testimony to sustain the conviction. We have read it carefully, and we think it is sufficient. Leonard v. State, 56 Tex. Cr. R. 84, 119 S. W. 98; Mayfield v. State, 170 S. W. 308, and cases there cited.
The judgment is affirmed.
HARPER, J., absent.
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