Cooper v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder. From the facts it appears that appellant and the assaulted party (Wade Jones) were the employees of Hanson, the proprietor of the Burnett Hotel, in the city of Houston. Hanson sent appellant to the store room for the purpose of obtaining some poison, which was kept in that room. While in the store room, Jones (the assaulted party) also entered, and appellant lighted a match, and Jones asked bim what he was doing in there. Appellant replied he was looking for cockroach poison. Jones ordered him out; and they…