Haywood v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Haywood v. State, 66 Miss. 402 (Miss. 1889)
Cooper
Haywood v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The pursuit after the fugitive or abducted girls, undertaken and prosecuted without knowing to what length it would extend, nor the places and localities into which it would lead, was a “journey ” within the meaning of the statute against carrying concealed weapons. The appellant should have been acquitted on the facts.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Richard Haywood v. State
- Status
- Published
- Syllabus
- Carrying Concealed Weapons. Traveling on a journey. Code 1880, $ 2985. The pursuit of a fugitive daughter, begun without knowing where it will lead, is “ traveling on a journey,” within the meaning of the statute against carrying concealed weapons.