White v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Wichita. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. This appeal is from a conviction for assault with intent to murder, the punishment being assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. The testimony of the witness Jim Craft shows the principal evidence for the prosecution. He testified: “I reside in Iowa Park.
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Appeal from the District Court of Wichita. Tried below before Hon. George E. Miller. This appeal is from a conviction for assault with intent to murder, the punishment being assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years. The testimony of the witness Jim Craft shows the principal evidence for the prosecution. He testified: “I reside in Iowa Park. I know the defendant. 1 am the Jim Craft upon whom the defendant is charged with making an assault with intent to murder, about February 20, 1894. The difficulty occurred between the defendant and myself, in the evening. I was sitting in…
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was tried on the 3rd day of May, 1894, in the District Court of Wichita County, on an indictment charging him with an assault with intent to murder. The jury found him guilty of said offense, and assessed his punishment at confinement in the penitentiary for two years, and from the judgment and sentence in said case he prosecutes this appeal.
The judge trying the case charged the jury on assault with intent to murder and aggravated assault, and gave a charge on self-defense. The appellant assigns as error the charge of the court as contained in paragraph 5,…
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