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27 Tex. Ct. App. 443

Shelton v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 10, 1889

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1889-04-10

Tried below before the Hon. Griffin Ford, County Judge. The appellant was convicted for unlawfully carrying a pistol on his person, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of twenty-five dollars and confinement in the county jail for twenty days. The proof shows that while in attendance upon a dance at a place known as Eagle Point, the defendant was informed that an officer was en route to said dance to arrest him.

Decided 1889-04-10

Willson, Judge.

¶1It was not error to overrule the motion in arrest of judgment. There is no material variance between the complaint and the information, and there is no material defect in the verdict.

¶2Whether or not the defendant, at the time he carried the pistol, was “a person traveling” was a question of fact for the determination of the jury, and this issue was fully and fairly submitted to the. jury by the charge of the court. We are of the opinion that the evidence warranted the jury in finding against the defendant upon said issue. It was shown that at the time defendant carried the pistol he was fleeing from the officers of the law to evade arrest. It is not the intention of the law to license fugitives from justice to carry arms. They are not “persons traveling,” within the meaning of the exception in the statute.

¶3There is no proof in the record of the venue of the offense, and, therefore, the conviction must be set aside. This error is confessed by the Assistant Attorney General. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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