Barnes v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of assault with intent to murder, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of three years.

The testimony adduced by the State shows that on the night of August 6, 1934, an argument arose between appellant and one J. B. Jordan, in front of Jordan’s place of business, which resulted in a fight in which the appellant resorted to the use of a chair while Jordan used a small baseball bat, striking appellant several blows on the head and knocking him down. After they were separated…