Petty v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, six years.

The State’s evidence reflects that appellant without any provocation stabbed the injured party in the stomach with a knife which penetrated four inches and cut the small intestine in five places. The doctor who treated the injured party described the wound as one which, without prompt medical care, would probably have resulted in death from the loss of blood.

There was a great deal of evidence pro and con on the question of whether appellant had been drinking, but appellant and his wife testified to facts…