Garcia v. State

HENDERSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault, with intent to murder, and her punishment fixed at two years confinement in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.

It is insisted that the evidence presented in the record fails to sustain the case of assault with intent to murder. We have examined the record on this point. It shows that the weapon used was a stick of stove-wood, nearly as long as the arm of the prosecuting witness, who was the aged mother of appellant. It appears that appellant came home late at night, and upbraided her mother for not making Delia (a daughter of appellant)…