Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Angelina. Tried below before the Honorable John F. Robinson. Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault; penalty a fine of $25. The opinion states the case. On question of deadly weapon: Skidmore v. State, 43 Texas, 94; Key v. State, 12 Texas Crim. App., 506; Teague v. State, 206 S. W. Rep., 193; Hardin v. State, 13 Texas Crim. App., 192; Kosmoroski v. State, 59 Texas, Crim. Rep., 296, and other cases.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
Conviction is for aggravated assault ; punishment fixed- at a fine of $25.
The alleged ground of aggravation is the use of a deadly weapon.
While Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Jackson were conversing over the telephone, a party line, Scroggins picked up the receiver, and, hearing the conversation, made a remark which was construed by Mrs. Jackson as offensive, though Scroggins claimed that it was not so intended. Later, while Scroggins and two companions were riding horseback along the road, passing the home of the appellant, W. T. Jackson, he accosted them, and, according to…
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- Lockland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1903
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