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143 Ala. 57

Maxwell v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 15, 1904

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1904-11-15

Tried before Hon. A. H. Alston. The defendant was tried and convicted of carrying concealed weapons, and fined twenty-five dollars. On the trial, the State introduced evidence showing the carrying by the defendant of a concealed pistol, in the town of Stevenson, Jackson County. The defendant introduced evidence showing that one J. H..

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 1930

2 state decisions

Relies on Eslava v. State · Chatteaux v. State · Bass v. State

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Decided 1904-11-15

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DOWDELL, J.

¶1The portion of the oral charge oi the court excepted to by the defendant was free from error. So too, the refusal of the court to give written charges 1 and 2, requested by the defendant, was free from error.- Eslava v. State, 49 Ala. 355; Chatteaux v. State, 52 Ala. 388.

¶2The minimum fine for the offense of carrying a concealed pistol is fifty dollars. The statute, however, provides, “But the defendant may give evidence that, at the time of carrying the wean on concealed, he had good reason to apprehend an attack, which the jury may consider in mitigation of the punishment, or justification of the offense.”

¶3The jury by their verdict, under the evidence, fixed the fine in the present case at twenty-five dollars; this was favorable to- the defendant, and in mitigation of his *59punishment, and they were authorized to do so under the above provision contained in the statute, although less than the minimum fine of fifty dollars. Bass v. State, 63 Ala. 108.

¶4We find no error in the record, and the judgment of the court will be

¶5Affirmed.

McClellan, C. J., Anderson and Denson, J. J., concurring.
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