Edgar v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

From a conviction of aggravated assault in the District Court of Jim Wells County, this appeal was taken.

Appellant was put upon trial for assault to murder in the District Court of Jim Wells County at its June term 1921", and his conviction for aggravated assault followed with punishment fixed at a fine of $300 and ninety days in jail.

But one question raised needs discussion. Appellant asserts that the Act of the Thirty-Seventh Legislature, Chapter 8, Acts Regular Session, was wrongfully held to be in operation on June 13, 1921, the day of the convening of the trial term of…