Martin v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault to murder under rather peculiar circumstances, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. Ilis sister-in-law gave birth to a child at his, appellant’s, residence on Sunday morning about 11 o’clock. Appellant was not at home at the time, but returned about 2 o’clock that day. The mother of the child testified that appellant was the father of the infant. On Monday evening an infant ivas found in a sack a few hundred yards from appellant’s residence, lying on some bushes or twigs. The twigs had been…