Piraino v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

Appellants were jointly tried and convicted for the offense of aggravated assault upon a female. The jury assessed the punishment of each at seven hundred thirty days in jail and a fine of $1,000, and recommended that they be granted probation.

This is an appeal by appellants from the conviction at the time they were granted probation, as authorized by Art. 42.13, Sec. 8(a), of the 1965 Code of Criminal Procedure.

The record shows that the appellants were in the bail bond business in the city of Houston.

Appellant Joe Piraino, as surety, executed six bail bonds for Mrs.…