Cromwell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The testimony for the State showed that the defendant held the pistol upon the prosecutor for awhile, saying that he had gotten the gun especially for the prosecutor; that the prosecutor told defendant he would get an officer to attend to him, went away and defendant followed him for some distance; that there was some ill-feeling between the parties, and that they were but a short distance apart at the time the pistol was drawn. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Judge.
The information was filed against the appellant charging him with an aggravated assault upon one C. A. Vaughn by then and there pointing a deadly weapon, to wit, a pistol, at the said C. A. Vaughn. His punishment resulted in a conviction of aggravated assault with a fine of $35.
We do not find in the record any bills of exception or complaint of the charge of the court. The court charged on both aggravated and simple assault.
There are but two points made in the motion for new trial and on this appeal. First, that the information charges no offense, and second, the evidence is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. HartmanTexas Supreme Court · 1874
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