Simpson v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years; hence this appeal.

The statement of facts shows that the difficulty, which was the occasion of the prosecution, arose between appellant and prosecutor Brown over a rent contract, or a right claimed by appellant to rent the land of the prosecutor. It seems that appellant had rented a portion of the prosecutor’s farm for the year 1903; that was under a written contract. He continued the rental during the year 1904, but there was no…