Dodd v. State

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

Appellant and his brother, Tom Dodd, were in a cafe when T. T. Lowe, the injured party, entered for the purpose of buying a bottle of beer. While Lowe was drinking his beer the father of appellant and Tom Dodd came into the cafe. Addressing him, Lowe said: "Sit down granddad and have a bottle of beer." According to the testimony of Lowe, either appellant or Tom Dodd asked him: "What did you call the old man?" He replied that he had called him granddad, saying that if he had hurt the "old…