Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Parker. Tried below before the Hon. R. E. Beckham. The indictment sought to charge the appellant and Adam Carpenter with an assault to murder one John Long, in Parker county, Texas, on the tenth day of May, 1884. The appellant being alone upon trial was convicted of an aggravated assault, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of twenty-five dollars, and thirty days confinement in the county jail.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Omitting formal parts, the indictment in this case charges that “Adam Carpenter and R. Jones, on the tenth day of May, 1884, did then and there, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, make an assault in and upon the person of John Long, with intent him the said John Long then and there kill and murder; contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State.” A severance was had at the trial by defendants, and appellant, Jones, was convicted of an aggravated assault and battery.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Edmondson v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Bittick v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- State v. DaughertyTexas Supreme Court · 1867
- Givens v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1851
- State v. HustonTexas Supreme Court · 1854
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