Hare v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of two years.

Two matters are brought forward for review. One relates to the insufficiency of the testimony to show a specific intent to kill, and the other relates to misconduct on the part of the jury. The testimony adduced by the State shows that appellant and the alleged injured party met at a church at night; that a difficulty occurred between the appellant and the complaining witness, Ely Ard, in which Ard was cut by the…