Cole v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before Hon. W. 6. Taliaeerro. This appeal is from a conviction for assault with intent to murder, the punishment being assessed at imprisonment for two years in the penitentiary. The facts are sufficiently found in the following testimony. Mittie Batts; “I was on the picnic on April 4th, 1895, at Knapp’s Lake. I got cut there by defendant. She and I talked some very vulgar talk about women, etc.
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Appeal from the District Court of Robertson. Tried below before Hon. W. 6. Taliaeerro. This appeal is from a conviction for assault with intent to murder, the punishment being assessed at imprisonment for two years in the penitentiary. The facts are sufficiently found in the following testimony. Mittie Batts; “I was on the picnic on April 4th, 1895, at Knapp’s Lake. I got cut there by defendant. She and I talked some very vulgar talk about women, etc. Defendant got mad and picked up a chair to strike me with; it was taken from her. She then stooped down to get a knife from her stocking, when…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The appellant in this case was tried under an indictment charging her with an assault with intent to murder, was convicted of said offense, and her punishment assessed at two years’ confinement in the penitentiary; and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court, she prosecutes this appeal. It is contended by counsel for appellant, that the court should have instructed the jury more fully and explicitly on the subject of manslaughter, and consequently aggravated assault and battery; that in the first difficulty between the prosecutrix and the appellant the evidence shows…
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