West v. State
West v. State
Opinion of the Court
In this case no venue is proved, and, besides, the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction.
Appellant’s explanation, made to the State’s witness with regard to the pistol, was both reasonable and probably true, and the prosecution did not attempt to disprove it.
The transportation of a pistol home from the place of purchase, whether loaded or unloaded, does not constitute the offense of unlawfully carrying a pistol, as that offense is defined by the statute, nor does the fact that the pistol was discharged while being so transported bring the act within the purview of the statute. (Pressler v. The State, 19 Texas Ct. App., 52; Mangum v. The State, 15 Texas Ct. App., 362.)
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Beversed and remanded.
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- 1. Practice.—Proof of the Venue is indispensable to the legality of a conviction for crime. 2. Same—Carrying a Pistol—Pact Case.—The defendant’s explanation of the inculpatory circumstances against him with respect to the pistol carried by him was both reasonable and probably true, and the State made no effort to contradict it. The evidence, as a whole (for which see the statement of the ease) is insufficient to support the conviction for unlawfully carrying a pistol. 3. Same.—The transportation of a pistol home from the place of purchase, whether loaded or unloaded, does not constitute the offense of unlawfully carrying a pistol; nor does the fact that the same was discharged in transit bring the act within the purview of the statute.