State v. . Pigford

Sep 5, 1895
Reporters:
,
Before:
Clark
*749 Clark, J.:

The defendant was not prohibited from carrying the pistol on his own ‍‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍premises, and if it had been made to appear that when arrested he had asked to be allowed to leave it at home and the officer ‍‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍had refused, there would have been some semblance of a defense, but even in that event it would still have been incumbent on the defendant to ‍‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍explain satisfactorily why he did not carry the pistol openly as he had a right to do, after leaving his premises,-and not concealed about his person.

The ‍‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍criminal intent is the intent to carry the weapon concealed. State v. Dixon, 114 N. C., 850. There was no conflict of evidence, and bis Honor properly instructed the ‍‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‍jury that if they believed the evidence to find the defendant guilty.

No Error.