In Stilly v. State, 27 Tex. App. 445, 11 S.W. 458, 458 (1889), the court held that a defendant who had traveled to Gainsville and stopped at a wagon yard outside town was a traveler, but that he lost his status as a traveler when he entered the town to consume liquor at the bar. 11 S.W. at 458. The appellate court explained,It would be an unreasonable interpretation of the intent of the law to hold that a person traveling might stop in a town or city, and idly stroll through its streets and visit its gambling dens and saloons and public places, armed with a pistol. The practical result of such an interpretation of the statute would cause our cities and towns to be infested with armed men, while the citizens of such places would be prohibited from carrying arms to protect themselves from these privileged characters. We are of opinion, therefore, that the evidence does not show that the defendant, at the time he was found in the gambling-house with the pistol upon him, was a "person traveling," within the meaning of the statute. He was not then traveling. He was not engaged in any business connected with his journey. If he was so engaged it devolved upon him to show it, which he failed to do. His having the pistol on his person at the time, place, and under the circumstances proved, made a prima facie case of guilt against him, and it devolved upon him to establish the facts or circumstances on which he relied to excuse or justify the prohibited act. Id. at 458-59.