King v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is an assault with intent to murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of three years.

Appellant’s first contention is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction of the offense charged.

The record reflects that both the injured party and the defendant are negroes; that approximately three weeks prior to the time of the difficulty, the injured party, Ed Hartfield, backed his car into the left fender of appellant’s automobile and dented it. Hartfield told appellant to have it fixed, let him know the amount of…