Doggett v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

This conviction was for aggravated assault, the punishment being assessed at a fihe of $300 and sixty days imprisonment in the county jail, under an indictment charging assault with intent to murder.

Substantially, the evidence shows defendant and Williams, the alleged assaulted party, lived neighbors and had been friends. The State’s theory is that on the day of and some hours previous to the shooting appellant had gone to the wife of Williams and made indecent proposals, which she rejected, whereupon he struck her with his fist three times and a time or two with a…