Deshazo v. State

CALHOUN, Judge.

Under an indictment charging an assault with intent to murder one Bud Collins, appellant was convicted of aggravated assault and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and thirty days in jail.

The state’s testimony shows an unprovoked cutting by the appellant of said Bud Collins with a knife, while the testimony of the appellant shows that it was committed in self-defense from an actual attack on the part of said Bud Collins. The facts seem to show that the parties got into a difficulty at a box supper; that they got to scuffling or wrestling, which eventually ended in a fight…