King v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is an assault to murder with malice. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of four years.

The record shows that on the 10th day of December, 1939, the appellant and the injured party were both employed at Claudia Ware’s night club. Appellant was a tap dancer and the injured party was the collector of admittance tickets to the dance hall. On the night in question, appellant, who had a courtesy ticket, came to the night club with one, Ozene Ballard, and asked the injured party to admit Ballard without requiring him to purchase a…