SPIGENER v. STATE

No. 30004.

314 S.W.2d 832 (1958)

Buford SPIGENER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

June 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stein, Bennett & Shepley, Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is unlawfully carrying arms; the punishment, a fine of $150.

This prosecution was brought under art. 483, Vernon's Ann.P.C., as amended in 1957. The information, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: "* * * did then and there carry on or about his person a hand chain." No statement of facts accompanies the record but appellant vigorously contends that the portion of the act under which he was prosecuted is unintelligible...

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