Richards v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at two years in the penitentiary.

The appellant assigns as error the overruling of his motion for a continuance of the cause. The application showed, that the witness Lula Gray had been duly subpoenaed, and that she was sick and could not attend.

The assault appears to have been made with a stick of some kind, and defendant desired the testimony of Lula lor the purpose of proving that the stick with which the assault was made was small, and not such a weapon as would likely…