Wood v. State

DICE, Commissioner.

The offense is assault to murder with malice; the punishment, eighteen years in the penitentiary.

Appellant lived with his wife and children in the city of Corpus Christi. One of the children, Tracie Lynn Wood, the injured party, was about two years old. On March 27, 1963, appellant’s wife came to the fence of a next-door neighbor, with the injured party wrapped in a blanket. At such time, the child’s eyes, face, and head were swollen and she appeared to be in a stupor.

Later in the day, Deputy Sheriff W. H. McNellis went to appellant’s residence and brought appellant’s wife…