Reed v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appellant was given twelve years in the penitentiary on a charge of assault to murder.

The evidence reveals that appellant was a porter in a hotel in the City of Amarillo. Across the street, or near by, was a sandwich stand to which he was often sent by customers of the hotel. The appellant is a negro and the prosecuting witness, who was a cook in the sandwich shop, is a white man. A white girl, a waitress in the sandwich shop, was the subject of a remark by appellant which made the cook very mad, and gave rise to the difficulty.

It is not necessary to detail the facts,…