Thomason v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of an -aggravated assault upon his wife in the County Court of Washington County, and his punishment assessed at three months confinement in the county jail. -, Briefly stated, it was the contention of the state, and evidence was introduced to that effect, that the appellant assaulted his wife in their house and chased her therefrom with a butcher knife in his hand, cursing and threatening to kill her, while she was screaming and asking for protection, all of which was in -view of a crowd that had assembled in front of said residence by reason of the…