Huntsman v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault to murder with malice upon Fred Keehn, and given a penalty of three years in the penitentiary.

The State’s testimony showed that appellant was a tenant in a hotel belonging to the injured party, and had fallen behind in the payment of the rent for his rooms in such hotel. That the prosecuting witness had removed appellant’s belongings from the room occupied by appellant and had locked such belongings up in another room, holding them until appellant paid his bill, the witness claiming that the hotel law gave him such powers. On the night of…