Watson v. State

The appellant was convicted in the district court of Bowie county for an assault with intent to murder Charley Emerson, and his punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary.

The record in this case shows that the appellant and his nephew, Gene Watson, a boy about 17 years of age, were in an automobile and had with them a Winchester and an automatic pistol. They stopped in front of the prosecuting witness’ house, and when he came out to the automobile, after engaging in a conversation, Gene Watson shot said prosecuting witness with a pistol, through the chin and into his windpipe, and…