McCord v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault and the punishment is one year in the county jail and a fine of $500.

The state’s testimony discloses that the difficulty was the result of a drunken row which occurred at the home of the appellant. The injured party was there visiting a young lady, who was living at appellant’s home, and his testimony shows that he and appellant took several drinks of corn whiskey and after becoming more or less under the influence of same, appellant conceived the idea of killing the Johnsons, who were his neighbors, armed himself with a Winchester, ostensibly…