Thompson v. State

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for aggravated assault upon a police officer; the punishment, six months in jail.

It was alleged that the appellant made an aggravated assault upon A. L. Cor-nett, a police officer of the city of Pasadena, Texas, who was in the lawful discharge of duties of his office at the time of the assault.

While visiting in the home of his former wife, the appellant became very upset when she told him she had a date with another man and asked him to leave. Upon leaving, the appellant badly damaged her automobile. When Officers Carr and Lawless arrived at her home…