Harcrow v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of Hunt County of assault to murder, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.

The assault occurred on December 24, 1922, in the little town of Quinlan in Hunt County. The parties had been out to appellant’s house where they had partaken of eggnog and had returned to town carrying a bottle of whisky in the car belonging to appellant which was placed in the office of a doctor. Upon discovery of its presence the doctor directed its removal and the injured party carried it from the doctor’s office to a barbershop…