Benevidas v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Gonzales County on a charge of assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of four years.

1. There is no statement of facts in the record. The motion for a new trial is confined to the single ground of the misconduct of the jury in that they arrived at their verdict by lot, the allegation being, in substance, that-after the jury had arrived at the conclusion that appellant was guilty, that the penalty was determined in the following manner: • Eight of the jurors were in…