Supreme Court of Missouri November 17, 1931 (State v. Bevins)

lead-opinion

By information in the Circuit Court of Howell County it was charged that the defendant, Rhode Bevins, on a date named, unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did have upon and about his person a certain firearm, to-wit, a revolving pistol, while the said Rhode Bevins was intoxicated. The prosecution was under Section 3275, Revised Statutes 1919, now Section 4029.