Morris v. State
| Decision Date | 04 February 1914 |
| Citation | 163 S.W. 709 |
| Parties | MORRIS v. STATE. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Donley County Court; J. C. Killough, Judge.
Albert Morris was convicted of unlawfully carrying a pistol, and he appeals.Reversed and remanded.
E. A. Simpson, of Clarendon, for appellant.C. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of the offense of unlawfully carrying a pistol.The case was tried before the court without a jury, and there accompanies the record both a statement of facts and "conclusions of fact and law" filed by the court.The conclusions of fact and law are not authorized to be filed by law in criminal cases, but we have read these conclusions, because they furnish us the basis upon which the court adjudged appellant guilty.
The court finds that appellant was working for the cold storage company, and carried his pistol from his home to the place he was at work to repair it; that he left it and went to a show, and after returning from the show he went to the cold storage plant and got the pistol for the purpose of carrying it to his home; that he started home, but, finding he had no tobacco, he retraced his steps two blocks, got the tobacco, and again...
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