Opinion

Brown v. State

  • 74 Tex. Crim. 234
  • 167 S.W. 1107
  • 1914 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 315
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed
Jun 17, 1914
Status
Published
Author
Pbendebgast
On the bench
Pbendebgast
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 68.5%

The opinion

PBENDEBGAST, Presiding- Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for unlawfully carrying a pistol. His punishment was fixed at the lowest prescribed by law.

The uncontradicted evidence showed that he carried a pistol at the time alleged. His sole defense was former jeopardy,—acquittal,—in that he was duly indicted in the District Court of said county for murder and was acquitted therefor. His contention is that because he carried the pistol at the time and with which he killed deceased and was acquitted therefor, he could not be tried for unlawfully carrying a pistol. Of course, no one would contend that under an indictment for murder a person could be tried for unlawfully carrying a pistol or that they were the same offense., That he unlawfully carried the pistol at the time and with which he killed a person, was tried and acquitted therefor, could not and would not be former jeopardy for unlawfully carrying a pistol. Thomas v. State, 40 Texas, 36 ; Ballard v. State, 71 Texas Crim. Rep., 168 . It is unnecessary to cite other cases or discuss the question.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

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