"But the shot was fired at the closest possible range," insisted the judge; "the pistol was not a foot from the man's head.

This pistol and a small package, the contents of which he did not know, were the only equipment she had.

But a pistol is an appliance for killing human beings.

The loaded pistol became the favourite companion of the head of the house; those who had no watch-dogs bought them; there were new locks, new bolts, new fastenings.

A pistol is a very unnecessary article here, whatever it may be elsewhere.

These smugglers are roaming loose, and a pistol is a poor thing to stop such wicked rascals on a lone hill-side.

" "Your pistol may be the means of saving us.

(f) Whenever the pistol is being LOADED or UNLOADED, the muzzle must be kept up.

A pistol is the one weapon that has no legitimate use.

"These pistols were the surprise that I had prepared in a spirit of mischief.