Stanford v. StateStanford v. State
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Broyles, C. J.
The accusation charged the carrying of a pistol concealed, and the carrying of a pistol without having obtained a license; and there was a general verdict of guilty. The sole witness was a police officer, who testified, that he came up behind the defendant and collared him when the defendant and others were stooping down in a circle at a street corner, playing craps, and the defendant said “ Oh, Lordy,” and ran his hand in his left coat-pocket; the witness told him to take his hands out of his pockets, and he withdrew his hands, “and in his‘hand was a .38-caliber pistol,” which he threw away from him; when he took his hand out of his pocket ,the witness saw the pistol.
John R. Cooper, W. O. Cooper Jr., for plaintiff in error.
Will Gunn, solicitor, contra.
The evidence demanded the conviction of the defendant and the court did not err in overruling his motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur.