Pritchett v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with an assault with intent to: com-, mit murder and assessed a penalty of two years in the state prison.

The facts are contradictory to some extent. Mr. Dick Self was the mayor of the City of Honey Grove, and the victim of this alleged assault. On the night of May 29, 1947, Mr. Richard Allen was a policeman and night watchman of such city. According to the testimony of Mr. Self, the appellant’s wife ’phoned him and said that there was a disturbance at her home and she seemed to be in need of assistance by reason thereof. The Mayor then went in search of the…