Huff v. State
This text of 102 S.W. 407 (Huff v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appellant was convicted for carrying a pistol, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $100.
The- evidence in this case, in substance, shows that appellant was arrested with a 38-caliber pistol in his hand on a public street. His defense was that his employer directed him to take his pistol, which was in the employer’s store, and leave it at another store in the same town so that the employer could get same the next day. While going along the street, in the general direction of the place where he was instructed to leave the pistol, holding the pistol in his hand, appellant was arrested by an officer. We do not think these facts authorize a conviction for unlawfully carrying a pistol. It shows a clear lack of criminal intent. Cordova v. State, 97 S. W. Rep., 87.
The judgment is reversed and.the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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102 S.W. 407, 51 Tex. Crim. 441, 1907 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 167, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/huff-v-state-texcrimapp-1907.