Davis v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

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

Appellant was charged with an assault to murder his wife, both parties being negroes. That he shot at her with a pistol and cut her with a knife is undisputed: ■ The'parties'had been living apart, but appellant’s theory was that the separation was caused by no disagreement and that he expected shortly to be able to provide a home and support for his wife. He was visiting at the place where she was staying at the time of the…