Clayton v. State

BAKER, Judge.

— The appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary.

The appellant was charged by indictment with shooting Sam Jones with a gun on or about November 22, 1926. It appears that Sam Jones was living with his wife in a servant house upon premises belonging to A. J. McKinney, and that the appellant was living in a servant house upon the adjoining premises. It further appears that just after dark on the date of the alleged offense, while Sam Jones was standing in the door of his house, facing the interior, he was…