Moseley v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, three years.

Appellant and the injured party had been married, had raised three children, and had been divorced three years prior to the assault in question. On the night charged in the indictment, appellant went to a drive-in theatre, where he found the injured party seated in an automobile with a Mr. Mitchamore. Appellant approached the automobile on the side on which Mitchamore was seated and made an effort to cut him with a knife. Mitchamore and the injured party got out of the automobile on the opposite side,…