Price v. State
| Decision Date | 30 January 1895 |
| Citation | 29 S.W. 473 |
| Parties | PRICE v. STATE. |
| Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Johnson county court; F. E. Adams, Judge.
Will Price was convicted of carrying a pistol, and appeals. Reversed.
M. A. Oatis, for appellant. Mann Trice, for the State.
We are of opinion the evidence does not support the judgment. At the time appellant carried the pistol on his person set out in the indictment, he was a "traveler," in contemplation of law. He had gone from his home, in Somervell county, to the residence of his father-in-law, in Johnson county, about 25 miles, for the purpose of accompanying his wife on her return home. He and the witness Bayles had gone down in the wagon belonging to Bayles. Passing through Cleburne, the county site of Johnson county, they reached the residence of appellant's father-in-law, took dinner, and, accompanied by Mrs. Price, appellant's wife, returned to Cleburne, and loaded the wagon with lumber for Bayles. Appellant then went to a market for the purpose of purchasing some barbecued meat for their supper, as they expected to camp for the night a few miles from Cleburne, not being able to reach their home until the following day. While making the purchase of the meat, appellant was arrested, and placed in jail, for carrying the pistol set forth in the indictment. The judgment must be set aside, for want of sufficient evidence to support it. McDaniel v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 26 S. W. 724; Stilly v. State, 27 Tex. App. 445, 11 S. W. 458; Campbell v. State, 28 Tex. App. 44, 11 S. W. 832.
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