Slaughter v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; penalty assessed at a fine of $100.00 and confinement in' the county jail for sixty days.

The prosecution is under Art. 1147, P. C., 1925, which declares that an assault or battery becomes aggravated: “When committed upon an officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office, if it was known or declared to the offender that the person assaulted was an officer discharging an official duty.”

The transcript contains the complaint and information filed in the case, neither of which complies with this article of the statute in alleging…