Steen v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for nine years.

Sylvester Steen, a negro, had gone to his home in an automobile with his brother, the appellant, for the purpose of removing his personal effects. A quarrel ensued between him and his wife, Haddee Steen, which resulted in Horace Reed, the constable of the precinct, being called to the house. Stafford Reed, the injured party, accompanied his brother, the constable, to the scene of the difficulty. When they arrived appellant was sitting in an automobile near the porch,…