Lara v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for making an assault on J. L. Allen with intent to murder him; he was convicted of aggravated assault and his punishment assessed at one year confinement in jail and a fine of $300.

Mr. Allen was an officer and he testified that he was called to a saloon at Both and notified of pending trouble, and that some one had a knife. He searched several and failed to find any weapon. He says that appellant then approached, and invited -him to take a drink, leaning up against him. He declined the drink, but felt a knife on appellant’s person, and demanded it.…