Williams v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, assessed by the jury in a trial upon a plea of not guilty, being a fine of $300.

Formal Bill of Exception No. 1 certifies that the prosecuting witness was asked on direct examination: “Is it not a fact that J. D. Williams, Jr. is a man of violent and dangerous character?” and she answered “Yes, he is.”

The bill certifies that the court sustained the objection and instructed the jury not to consider the question for any purpose, and further certifies:

“Since the defendant had not applied for suspended sentence and had not made his…