Etress v. State

Nov 15, 1889
Reporters:
Before:
McClellan
McCLELLAN, J.

The act of carrying a concealed weapon is, ex vi termini, continuous in ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍its nature. — Smith v. State, 79 Ala. 257. An act of tbis character may be shown by testimony of the fact of possession of the ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍weapon, concealed from ordinary observation, at any time during the continuance of it; and the introduction of evidence of such possession and ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍concealment at different times, covered by tbe one continuous act, does not present a case on which tbe State should be put ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍to an election of the particular moment of the offense for which it will proceed. — Owens v. State, 74 Ala. 401.

The rulings of the County ‍​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‍Court were in accordance with these principles, and its judgment is affirmed.