Rose v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Assault with intent to murder is the offense; penalty assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The state’s evidence may be summarized as follows: Andrew Lewis, the alleged injured party, testified that, without provocation, he was assaulted and wounded by the appellant. The testimony of Lewis was fortified by evidence of the same nature. The knife’ used by the appellant was described as having a blade four or five inches long. A physician testified that Lewis arrived at the hospital suffering with shock from loss of blood from the wounds. There was an…