Gray v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, two years in jail.

The information was in four counts, charging the assault to have become aggravated under different subdivisions of Article 1147, P. C.

The verdict of the jury was a general verdict of guilty. We must ascertain if the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction under any subdivision plead.

The first count, eliminating the formal parts, reads as follows :

“. . . did then and there unlawfully commit an aggravated *215assault in and upon M. E. Locker, in that, he, the said William A. Gray, called a newspaper…