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23 Tex. Ct. App. 520

Sanderson v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 11, 1887

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1887-06-11

Tried below before the Hon. W. W. Evans, County Judge. The opinion states the case. The penalty assessed was a fine of twenty-five dollars.

Decided 1887-06-11

Hurt, Judge.

¶1Upon the following testimony appellant was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol:

¶2J. W. Simpson testified: One day last February, in McLennan county, Texas, witness and defendant were riding along the road going after wood, and a rabbit jumped up, and he, witness, handed defendant his, witness’s, pistol, and asked defendant to shoot the rabbit. Defendant took the pistol, walked a step or two, shot at the rabbit and handed it back to witness.

¶3The evidence does not support the conviction. (Cathey v. The State, ante p. 492.)

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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