Beaty v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Nueces. Tried below before Hon. J. C. Russell. Appellant was indicted for assault with intent to murder, and her punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction of assault with intent to murder one Bell Williams.
In substance, the main features of the testimony are about as follows, to-wit: These parties had been in attendance upon church, and as the congregation was dispersing, Bell Williams, her mother, and sister were going out of the church, and as Bell passed where the defendant was sitting she spoke to her in an undertone, calling her a “slut.” Defendant followed the parties out, and after they had got a short distance from the church she called to Bell Williams by name, and asked her to…
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