Cavazos v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Upon a charge of maiming appellant was found guilty and assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was the constable in the community where he and the injured party were engaged, with others, in their social activities in some kind of a drinking place. It is immaterial to discuss the things that took place during the evening and will be sufficient to say that, according to the state’s theory, appellant made an unwarranted assault on one Isaac Perez, as a result of which Perez lost the sight of his left eye. To the contrary, appellant made the contention…