Bowen v. State

HARWOOD, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for and by a jury found guilty of assault with intent to murder. His punishment was by the court fixed at twelve years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Mr. Loyal Weldon operates a store located in Elmore County near the Coosa River on the Montgomery-Wetumpka highway. About 7:30 p. m. on January 3, 1945, while the store was yet open for business the appellant, Melvin Bowen, and a companion identified in the record only as “the other boy,” came into the store. Mr. Weldon was standing by a heater near the rear of the store, and Mrs. Weldon was present in the…